Lights for a pico!

[dakoa]

Hey guys I am hoping to upgrade the lights on my 5.5 gallon and was hoping for some input. I am looking at rapidleds par 38, boostleds par30, and orpheks par 30 and I was wondering if anyone had experience with any of these.

 

[KrisDeitz]

I have a 5w LEd bulb. Almost like those but not the name brand. It did great over my 10 gallon tank. Kepy Easy SPS

 

[dakoa]

You don't think the others would be to much do you? The rapidled for instance has 17w of power.

 

[KrisDeitz]

For a 5.5 if you have it about 10 " id think it be fine. But doing SPS in a Pica may be hard as the water Quality would be hard to keep stable

 

[dakoa]

Yes I mostly wanna do zoas, palys, and mushroom with a few LPS down the road.

 

[KrisDeitz]

I would do a cheaper bulb like the one i have. its for sale also. 25.00 It grew stuff great. Pm me if you want. I also have a build thread with the bulb being shown

 

[fullmonti]

I have a boost par 30 & really like it. That would be enough light for zoas & shrooms.

 

[thanh386]

AI sol nano are pretty good for the money.

 

[db366]

You should check out the GU10 LED lights.

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=267432">http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=267432</a>

or another option for cheap/good lighting for smaller tanks would be ...

[IMG]http://www.aquastyleonline.com/categories/DIY-LED-Lighting/">http://www.aquastyleonline.com/categories/DIY-LED-Lighting/</a>

The GU10's would be great, I'd do 2 Blue 1 white and a full set up would be cheaper than a par 38.

 

[johnmackay70]

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[hiimsean]

i really like the look of the rapidled par38, granted i've only seen it over my tank for about 5 minutes. the pictures make it look a lot more blue but i think the color is perfect.