in my experience ive never found LEDs to be as good as halides or T5s

How long have you used them because in my experience with LEDS I've gotten faster growth and better color over t-5 and metal halides.

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many studies including ones by D&D have concluded that LED is no more beneficial for coral than halides.

yes ,the led grow lights it very important,must have blue lights and white lights,and the high par.

I would say LED and halide is equivalent.
There are different LED fixtures. Some are made for nano. some are made for deep tanks. If you have a huge tank and you want to use LED, I would suggest radion LED lighting. If you have a small tank, I would use just your standard LED light strip.

There are different theories over red spectrum lighting for corals. To me, it wont hurt anything using alittle red. Just experiment with your lighting to see what your coral need. The radion LED light set lets you control your color, brightness, and pattern through your computer. Many standard LED strips will have white LEDs and Blue ones. Some have a small red spectrum.

And remember, you dont always have to go to your LFS for LED. You can visit your local homedepot or lowes and find a light set or make your own. they can help you make a custom hanging fixture or hood.

What I would do is I would make a big hood where you can put in 20,000 Kelvin rated florescent light bulbs and then use a LED fixture to give off the white light. This is good so you wont have to worry about your LEDs not giving enough blue spectrum and it will let you use more white LEDs to keep your tank bright and the 20k florescent bulbs will take care of the rest.

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Zooad's and shrooms
40 pounds of Live sand, 20 pounds of LR

Sorry I disagree, LEDs are of no benefit to corals at all.

It depends on what kind of fixture you get. The more pricy ones have big LED diods which produce strong light. they are also equipped with a fan because they produce so much light that it creates heat even though LED doesnt normally produce any heat on a smaller scale. And some even have software to mimic halide lighting. LED is the replacement for Halide in the future. its an answer to high energy bills.

You will find a radion High intensity LED set here: Radion | EcoTech Marine
they are the same makers who make vortech circulation fans.

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36 Gallon Saltwater reef tank
Ocellaris Clown, Scooter Dragonet, sandsifter star, Decorator crab, emerald crab, coralline snails, blue leg hermit crab, and horseshoe crab.
Zooad's and shrooms
40 pounds of Live sand, 20 pounds of LR

you know the blue lights spectrum?the coral like this spectrum. we can add more blue lihgts,if need .

hey c i d l y 24 what kind of led fixture is that on your avatar? lol it blocks out your user name whenever I try to type it on here so i had to space it out

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36 Gallon Saltwater reef tank
Ocellaris Clown, Scooter Dragonet, sandsifter star, Decorator crab, emerald crab, coralline snails, blue leg hermit crab, and horseshoe crab.
Zooad's and shrooms
40 pounds of Live sand, 20 pounds of LR

lol,you are a bad guy.that lihgts is 120w led aquarium lights,if can made for deep tanks

one thing for sure with LED's is you will see a nice change in your electric bill.

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36 Gallon Saltwater reef tank
Ocellaris Clown, Scooter Dragonet, sandsifter star, Decorator crab, emerald crab, coralline snails, blue leg hermit crab, and horseshoe crab.
Zooad's and shrooms
40 pounds of Live sand, 20 pounds of LR

yes,led's save more energy,Green Initiative.

Thats because C I D L Y is banned here they spam emails and threads.

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I agree, white light is actually good for fish tanks because they promote photosynthesis.

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It is hurtlessness of fish and coral empyrosis it will not come. Caused by aquarium lights, for of different waveleghth different modes aquartic and fish. So, let the growth of coral reefs, as you wish.

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