Leds For 125g African Cichlid Setup

kalan850
  • #1
Hey everyone I've been running a 48'' dual bulb t5 with 10k and actinic bulb for about a year now. This being a 72" tank while using a 48'' light there are some darker areas in the tank. I like to color they give off though. I found some 72" full spectrum .5w led fixtures on e b a y.
this one is 10800 lumens while there is a similar one by beamswork that is 3600 lumens.
I read somewhere that the higher lumen lighting cam wash the fish's color out.

Any thoughts on these?

Can anyone recommend 72" led lights that would show off the colors of my Africans and give me a better light spread? If so would I need two fixtures to cover the entire tank?
 

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Coradee
  • #2
Bumping this up for you
 

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bunafireman825
  • #3
I can't answer most of your questions but I use 2 36" marineland led strips for my 125 peacock tank. It supplies plenty of light in my opinion. Here's a quick video of the setup.
 
kalan850
  • Thread Starter
  • #4
Thanks for the reply
 
Jamieson22
  • #5
I have a 72" Beamswork 6500k DHL LED on my 125g tank and it has been excellent. Nice to have a single fixture.

Mine is meant for plants, so assume you could save some money with one meant just for lighting.
 

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