Light For Planted 20g

I'm looking for a light in my 20g. I plan to add in a carpet soon and many other plants. What’s a good light that isn’t more than 40-60$ ?

 

Finnex planted plus or beams work... get one in the 6500k range. A couple that come to mind. Wait for the experts...

 

The Nicrew LED from Amazon has pretty good reviews, just purchased one and it is incredibly bright. At $31 I think I'm going to be happy with it

 

For a carpet in a 20 gallon I would go with the chihiros a series, model a601 (measures exactly to a 20h, if a 20l you would need the stand.
Don’t need to get the plus, the a itself is fine for my tank.
Check ebay as well as amazon, eBay cheaper.
For no co2 I wouldn’t go above the 5th setting (light is dimmable, 7 levels), 4 should be fine for most plants without co2. If you are planning to add co2 then the 6th setting likely will work.
If you decide to spend a bit more, the micmol aqua Air would be my other suggestion

Skip the beamswork or nicrew for a carpet.

 

Personally I prefer t5ho to leds and are very happy with my wavepoint. Not idea what the prices are in america but it wasn't bad here

 

led lighting is usually pretty good for planted aquariums and pretty **** cheep so its worth taking a look.

 

Personally I prefer t5ho to leds and are very happy with my wavepoint. Not idea what the prices are in america but it wasn't bad here

Link to the light ?

 

Link to the light ?

I'm in china so I cam help you with prices or where to buy it. Try googling wavepoint t5ho light fixture.

 

I'm in china so I cam help you with prices or where to buy it. Try googling wavepoint t5ho light fixture.

Like this?

 

This one

But you will need other bulbs

 

This one

But you will need other bulbs

that's wayyy too big for a 10 gallon and expensive!

 

that's wayyy too big for a 10 gallon and expensive!

You will have to find the right size and for a 10 gallon a 2 bulb fixture is probably enough so that will cut the price down.

 

I don't really like T5s, they look too bulky. I prefer the slimmer look of LEDs. You can find the cheaper ones like the beamswork DA, although i’m not sure they sell it for a 24” tank. The nicrew series most likely won't be enough for a carpet. You can buy the odyssea dual T5 (6500k version) for around $30-35 on ebay or amazon. But for LED the chihiros series is probably the best.

 

I don't really like T5s, they look too bulky. I prefer the slimmer look of LEDs. You can find the cheaper ones like the beamswork DA, although i’m not sure they sell it for a 24” tank. The nicrew series most likely won't be enough for a carpet. You can buy the odyssea dual T5 (6500k version) for around $30-35 on ebay or amazon. But for LED the chihiros series is probably the best.

you don't think the dafspec would be good?