Lighting Upgrade- What Do We Think?

[greenmumma141]

Okay guys, I want to upgrade my lighting for Christmas This is what I'm currently working with:
 
60g heavy planted (48" long)
I have about 1.5 wpg with daylight T8's (94 watts)
I dose liquid co2 daily alongside alternating micros/macros
 
Right now, my setup is extremely annoying. To open the lids to my tank, I have to move a light box because I have 3 seperate lights covering the entire top to my tank. I definitely want to go LED, I would like more light than what I have now, but not so much that I have to go pressurized (yes, still too chicken ) SO, this is the unit Im thinking of:
 
http/www.ebay.com/itm/380458497982?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1438.l2649#ht_1050wt_642
 
What do we think??

 

[zoopkamol]

Light look good.
Better decide fairly  quick as only 4 left when i checked.

 

[ech0o]

Ah yea that one is the 10k color temperature again, you want 6500k for planted

I was looking around though, and have found plenty of testimonial on 10k working alright for plant growth, so you may be in the clear with that one still.   That light will give a nice cool burn look, almost like a marine tank, and SHOULD provide the right light for your low light plants. 

http/www.ebay.com/itm/Case-Lot-LED-48-3300-Timer-Aquarium-Light-54x-1W-Marine-FOWLR-Cichlid-Fish-120cm-/300939166313?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item46115f4269
 
this seller is top notch too, and cheaper, if you decide to go with this fixture

 

[greenmumma141]

Ah yea that one is the 10k color temperature again, you want 6500k for planted

I was looking around though, and have found plenty of testimonial on 10k working alright for plant growth, so you may be in the clear with that one still.   That light will give a nice cool burn look, almost like a marine tank, and SHOULD provide the right light for your low light plants. 

http/www.ebay.com/itm/Case-Lot-LED-48-3300-Timer-Aquarium-Light-54x-1W-Marine-FOWLR-Cichlid-Fish-120cm-/300939166313?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item46115f4269
 
this seller is top notch too, and cheaper, if you decide to go with this fixture

 
I thought the higher the K, the warmer it was?  
 
What would a burn look look like exactly? I would like a nice, crisp look, certainly no yellow....
 
Im sure I sound pretty daft about all of this, you should have read my fertilizer threads lol.....

 

[ech0o]

Oh lighting to me is everything.  Warmer is lower numbers, cooler is higher numbers.  Cool white has blue hues, warm white has red hues.   I will link a picture to my marine tank with a light that is going to look fairly similar as far as color goes.
 

The green actually really pops under that light, there just isn't much of it in my tank LOL

 

[greenmumma141]

LoL, that light is perfect though!!!! But are my plants going to be mad with 10000k instead of 65k?! Maybe I should keep looking, there were only 9 million more pages or something
 
I really like that other seller, he just didn't have one with 1w bulbs and an option for a moonlight as well.

 

[ech0o]

Like i was saying, have seen testimonials where 10k did still grow lowtech plants just fine, which all of your plants I believe are.

 

[greenmumma141]

Not sure if I want to be stuck with "low-tech"....hmmm, I think I'll keep looking lol. It wouldn't be so hard if I didn't want a moonlight too... Maybe I should just look for a clip or something for that..

 

[greenmumma141]

Do I want to go up to 72 watts with LED at 6500K (1w bulbs)? That sounds like algae to me...
 
If I forget about the moonlight, do I still want some of the blue lights in there? or is that just helpful for cichlids and marine?!

 

[ian]

You're right 72 w of led will give you algae without decent pressurised c02.

Don't worry too much about kelvin ratings, plant don't really care about kelvins.

 

[ech0o]

I would say probably don't need to go that high, I was just showing you the next intensity range of lighting, in which like ian pointed out, you would need to be running co2 so the plants could use up all of the light.

 

[greenmumma141]

You're right 72 w of led will give you algae without decent pressurised c02.

Don't worry too much about kelvin ratings, plant don't really care about kelvins.

 
so the difference between a 1w bulb with 6500k or 10000k isn't a critical decision? lol
 
 

I would say probably don't need to go that high, I was just showing you the next intensity range of lighting, in which like ian pointed out, you would need to be running co2 so the plants could use up all of the light.

 
I know what you were showing    
 
 
 
Will the plants benefit from having lik 8w of blue???

 

[ech0o]

The plants are not going to substantially benefit from the blue, you shouldn't see much of a difference.

 

[greenmumma141]

Okay great. I think I'm ready to make a decision lol.

 

[ian]

Have a read here, it's pretty conclusive that aquatic plants don't care about kelvin ratings.

http/www.ukaps.org/forum/threads/spectrum-doesnt-matter-does-it.26717/