Best refugium Light
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I’m leaning toward a kessil!!!! I heard great things but didn’t know enough about fuge lights yet to pull a trigger on one.
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We have the Kessil H80 made for refugiums, though we haven’t owned it for too long. Lots of good information out there about it.
I use a ge screw in LED grow light, 32 watt from Lowes. Grows plenty of cheto and keeps nitrate< 1ppm definitely less than the price of a Kessil. I run it 12 hours a day. It was bleaching out the cheto at 24 hours a day so that was too much. It is 550 Par at 3" deep in refugium.
GE 6.5-in 1-Light White 32-Watt Par38 LED Grow Light in the Grow Light Bulbs department at Lowes.com
GE 6.5-in 1-Light White 32-Watt Par38 LED Grow Light in the Grow Light Bulbs department at Lowes.com
Get one of those red/blue led grow lights from amazon. When I ran a fuge, thats what I used and it grew like crazy.
Pretty much anything will work. You can certainly start with the cheaper LED lights, they do the job. One thing to add for consideration is the area you have available within the fuge for the light to illuminate. Many options have a lot of light scatter that can cause algae issues in other areas of you sump. I have both the AI Prime Fuge light and the Kessil H160. The AI Prime has a wide area of effect and I would not recommend it for a small refugium. I use 3D printed shades for both. Another thing to consider is how much distance will you have between the light and the water line which again effects the area of illumination. I have had some close calls with the H160, when doing a water change.
