20 Best Light For 10 Gallon Planted Tank (2022 Updated)

This light is a good value for the money. It has a wide variety of LEDs and build in Bluetooth for setting up via the Fluval app. Its waterproof and has a decent mounting system. It has a fairly clean look over the tank.

Why the 3 stars? No matter how I adjusted the settings I could never get a clean look out of it. Compared to IA Prime and the Tuna Blue A80 it was just bland. Hard to describe but when you look at them side by side the Fluval was just dull.

Corals seemed washed out. Tried this light a few times but just left me wanting more. Id say it be great for a fish only tank but not for corals.

I purchased this product for a small Fluval Spec V nano reef so that I could have greater flexibility with my light schedule, instead of the simple on/off of my previously used $40 black box LED. The light was very easy to set up – the app was straightforward and I didn’t have any issues with the actual hardware.

That said, the light spread produced by this light is very, very small and narrow. I placed it over the center of my (small) aquarium, and ramped up the lights over a week. Even at full power, only the softies directly underneath it so much as opened up after a few more weeks, so I replaced it with my $40 cheap led and all of the corals were happy once again.

At this point, it’s sitting unused in a box somewhere. I give it 3 stars because it does produce a pleasant light to look, and it is very easy to use, and it may work well on a 3g pico or something similar, but I can’t recommend it for anything larger.

At the relatively high price point, it’d be worthwhile to spend a bit more and get a true nano light with a bit more power.

Word of Caution – I purchased this light through Amazon via Saltwateraquarium. com in January of [REDACTED]. Worked ok until all of a sudden 9 months later the BT quit working and so the light would not turn off or follow the programmed settings.

Contacted Amazon Returns who said to contact Saltwateraquariums. com, which I did. I was informed by them that I would need to do a manufactures warranty return to Fluval/Ralph C Hagen Inc. I contacted them and they sent me return instructions 3 weeks later after several more emails/phone calls for that info.

I sent the light back at my expense exactly as requested through UPS on Nov 14th, [REDACTED]. The receptionist at Ralph C Hagen USA signed for it on November 21st, [REDACTED]. Since then I have had no response, no light sent back, no communication from them about their failed product! It’s been 5 months! not happy with this light or its manufacture at all!.

Bought this for someone in college to use next to his laptop on his desk and also in his car when driving the several hours to get home for visits. Am a bit disappointed with packaging. Makes it look like a cheap item pulled off a hook in an ordinary store.

This was meant to be his most expensive gift out of several items and it looks the cheapest. That makes it hard because the item for his sibling now looks 3 to 4 times more expensive when it was actually about $10 less.

With them being 18 and 20 we try to spend close to the same amount and look for unique items for each so that they don’t actually get the same. The spiderpodium looks great and I’m sure will be good but it won’t have quite the impact I had hoped for.

As grandparents we struggle with technology and hoped this would impress him just a tad! The other reviews are what made me choose this model so I don’t doubt its construction or ability to do what is expected.

Just wish it had been better packaged-and that is on me.

Excellent light for the price. Gives you the option of daylight or at the flick of a switch a blue ‘moonlight’. I now have three of these units. they are lightweight, compact and look good. The only thing a potential buyer need be aware of is that it is designed to fit above a glass or perspex cover or condensation tray, if you try using it over an open tank you are inviting trouble; it does not take kindly to being splashed with water.

I completely recommend this item to anyone out there who is debating whether they should buy it. This light came to me 2 days after i ordered it and it perfectly fits my 5 gallon aquarium. Everything works perfectly and provides enough light for all my plants and fish.

If you need a light for a 5 gallon and want it to be powerful but durable get this light.

I’m not really a fan of blue LED lights. I wear glasses and sometimes the light affects my eyes. But I saw these online with white LED and blue LED on the same strip so I ordered them and they just came.

My tank was just cleaned (perfect timing ). Long story short. I LOVE these lights. My fish LOVE these lights. Now I need to get more for my other tanks. More for bigger tanks.

My husband and I chose to have a mixed tank, including glofish. We have red, green, orange, and purple glofish. Mixed with them, we have swordtails, zebra danios, a cory catfish, and a rubberlip pleco.

We have no desire for everything to glow so we didn’t use glofish plants or gravel. Instead we have white sand substrate and regular plastic plants. We are very happy with this new light.

It works like a regular light. It provides a little bit of UV, but extremely limited. I was using a cheap low power UV flashlight to compare. Flashlight works better, difference is huge! You can use it as a regular light though.

As a regular one it is really great! But again I’m not sure about spectrum. Reasonable retail price would be $25 – $35.

I was using an ONF Flat Nano light on my 11g bookshelf tank. The light itself was great, but a little small in comparison to the tank. I purchased the Aquasky so that the outer ends of my tank would get more light.

The light itself casts a very yellow hue no matter how you modify the settings. I played around with the color temperatures on the app for a whole day & couldn’t get rid of the yellow tones. I did some research online and saw that others have also complained about this.

I prefer a clean white light to make my aquascape pop. I used the Aquasky for a few days hoping that I might get used to it, but I couldn’t. I returned it & went back to my ONF. Another drawback to the Aquasky is that if the power goes out, the light will remain off and doesn’t resume it’s schedule until you manually turn it back on.

Not good for when you’re out of town.

Best lights for the techies out there! Out of all the light systems I’ve tried, these are probably the most convenient and configurable of them all. I recently purchased a Fluval Flux tank. After playing seeing all the things you can do with the included light system, I made the plunge and replaced all five of my aquarium lights with Fluval lights.

Pro’s: *Easy/Highly configurable. You can set your lights and color any way you like or use the built-in presets. *Super bright! I’ve had to tweak my lights often to avoid algae growth, but my plants are going crazy.

*The warranty is three years on their lights! Cons’s: *The iPhone app is slightly quirky and could use some work. It’s just not as polished as other smart lighting apps out there. I find certain features like export custom settings confusing.

Not to mention you can only export to lights of the same type. If you have Grown Lights and Aquasky lights, you cannot import-export profiles across light types even if you want a similar effect on both.

*I have an iPhone and Ipad. The lights seem to work best when you only use one device to configure them. I’ve had issues, particularly when I rename a light, the second device will lose connection with it, and you have to re-add the light back to the device.

*You cannot group lights or configure similar lights together. I have two lights in my Fluval Flex tank. I have configured each one separately. It would be nice to group them and control them both at the same time.

The app treats each light individually. *You only the ability to create one routine per light. It would be nice if you could configure different patterns per day of the week. For example, I have a tank in my bedroom and have the lights come on at 6:30 am on weekdays.

I sleep in on the weekends and would prefer the lights to come on around 8 am. I’ve installed separate smart plugs (Kasa), that turn on the power to the units at 8 am on the weekends. *No integration with Alexa or other Smart light systems.

My entire house runs on Smarthings; it would be awesome to update the app to integrate with 3rd party applications. I have two tanks in my living room; it would be awesome if I could tell Alexa to turn off the lights when I want to watch a movie.

Depending on the Fluval model, I have to pull out the app or hit the button light itself. *Occasionally, the lights will ignore the routines. I’ve run into a few instances where the lights should be off based on my configuraiton, but are still on.

When I open the app and connect to the light, it suddenly re-syncs and continues where the routine should be. I realize I have lots of Cons, but they are mostly issues with the app itself. Fluval has the basics right but could enhance the app a bit.

The light units themselves are great, and the ability to program them on a smart app makes them best in class for the average hobbyist.

Every thing looks fine so fare as i have only had this light for three weeks. The sunrise and sunset programs are very good and all lights should come with this program on them. You can play around with all of the programs on the light and get it to suite your own tank.

It is a bit expencive but when you see how much has gone into this product well it is worth it. All i can say now is that i hope my plants will grow a lot better than they did before , i had the standered Fluval light that comes with there roma tanks and that is i tink mainly to show of the colours of your fish.

This light will give you a program that is pre set for plants and the colours of your fish. As i say its a bit expencive so think befor you buy it ,and when you look at other LED lights for your tank you will see that they have lots of individual led dios which are a mixtuer of Red Green Blue and white , this light just has one row off lights all they hay through the middle of the light and it has all of the same colours in it.

For the money, it’s a good product. The lights are bright, but plan on anything that is not directly underneath the light to be in the shade. As with most LED reef lights, the spread is narrow. The remote is easy to use and program.

I also have a set of Popbloom reef lights that are a couple of years old that came with wired controllers. Compared to those, this remote control is a bit less customizable, but still works good. The one thing I miss is controlling the percentage of each spectrum.

You can control each spectrum on the remote, but you just have to eyeball the levels. The arm bracket is sturdy and this package came with the arm. Looking online, I can’t believe they charge almost $50 for this piece.

It’s sturdy, but not platinum! As far as the tank life, my pulsing Xenias, frogspawns, mushrooms, kenya trees, and even aiptasias seem happy. My red gracilaria has shown improved growth.

Its a chinese lamp that make concurence to branded lamp, but at chinese prices. I measured the par of the lamp, and they are exactly as advertised. Form factor make think of a cheap chinese copy of the redsea reefled 90, but it is only in look.

They have their own circuitry, their own lens and their own led setup. It is in every point at least as good as the red sea option. They are not wifi, but O know no one who change their light setting often enough to justify the need.

The lighting is of very good quality very sturdy very strong. They are preset channels that are easy to use you can also operate the light manually I used a par metre I can easily grow SPS and LPS corals with these lights.

They are amazing value for money in comparison to Biggar brand names. I Highly recommend them you will not regret it. I have had many sets of lights in the past none of them stack up to these in comparison yes you can get lights as good quality but you will pay a hell of a lot more money for those it’s simply not worth it get these ones and you’re laughing.

Once I have set up my aquarium completely I will upload some photos.

I just recently purchased this LED light for a 10 gallon tank expecting it to light this tank with no problem. Once getting everything in working order I realize this LED light would never work on anything bigger than a 10 gallon tank.

The lights are a nice white, bright and crisp the blues add the warmth you need for great color. As for plants you will need two ( I have the one with 60 led lights and one with 20 ) same light just the smaller one so that’s 80 led lights combined.

Would have been nice if each light blue and white had its own cord for timers. Overall a good light for a smaller tank but to short for a 20 gallon.

I have this on an Aqueon 5. 5 gallon standard tank. This light looks good, raised high enough it doesn’t need to be removed when cleaning (making it easy to see what I am doing). Makes the tank look good and the plants are thriving.

The soft touch switch is nice as it doesn’t require any pressure, just a soft touch. I have the light on a timer and it comes back on with the full light every day. Not a problem with the light, but I do find that on this small tank the black hinge of the glass cover creates quite a shadow as it centers right below the light, something to be considered when choosing a cover.

I waited a few months before writing this review because I didn’t want to base my experience just on first impression. While this light is pricey, I still believe it’s worth the peace of mind and saves me headaches.

I was previously using a hygger light for only a year before I started having multiple problems with it from the functionality to the actual build quality failing as months passed. This Fluval 3. 0 light is built very sturdy, very sleek, and is BRIGHT.

I love that I could easily program it with the app and just let it do its job. The app’s interface could use a lot of improvements, but otherwise, it does what it says and I’ve had no issues with it.

I tried to take suggestions online where people said “not to spend so much” but after spending on 2 cheaper lights that failed after several months, I ended up just paying more for this. The built quality is also amazing so I highly recommend it.

I like the form factor. Very sleek, compact and solid. I like the connectivity and ease of use with the app. Its almost plug and play. I like the full spectrum leds. It can pearl your plants if added with another light.

I dont like the weak intensity of the light. Even at max, the aquarium looks like a blackwater setup. It will need another light to complete it. Almost perfect but disappointing.

I’m slowly collecting equipment for a 75gal setup, so I can’t attest to it’s effectiveness yet, but so far I am super excited to use this light! It is WAY brighter than the Finnex 24/7CC on my 25gal tank.

It is a super sleek, classy looking fixture. I also love the customization options available on the Fluval App. The fixture itself sits right on the rim of the tank- no brackets were included to hang it or raise it in any way (from what I could tell anyway).

However this shouldn’t be an issue beyond aesthetic preferences, because you can customize the brightness to make up for distance. Shipping from Petco was extremely fast. The shipping box was pretty beat up, so I took the light out right away and checked it over for any cracks or damage.

The light itself is packaged pretty well with cardboard braces- it was fine. I turned it on and changed the settings to make sure all the colors and nodes were working properly- so far so good. I keep med/high tech, heavily planted tanks.

If you’re like me and want a light that is easy to work with, has preset settings, and does a good job, I would highly recommend looking into this fixture. There are others that do a good job too- I’ve had my 24in Finnex 24/7CC for probably 8 years now and it’s a great light too.

I can’t get the colors out of my plants that I would like or lush “carpets” though, so wanted something with more intensity this time around.

These lights are very strong, much better than the brand I purchased from the pet stores. Easy to install, and the switch from blue to white is simple to work. I installed 2 in a 55 gallon tank, and they are much stronger (in both the blue and the white) than any other light I’ve had before.

The white is nice, but the blue is so strong it really gives off a beautiful light. I used the included screws to install them into the existing aquarium cover, the screws poke through a bit but it’s worth it (they also provide suction clips which are very strong, and stickers.

We’ll have to see how long they last, but I would definitely recommend these.

I had an old top hood with a fluorescent light. The bulb has been flickering So I know it’s at the end of life and I was really excited to try this product when the opportunity came. These light strips are very simple but effective! I ended up buying a different lid because I enjoyed these strips so much and I will continue to use this in my 20 gallon tank my fishies seem to love it! I should mention that the very first one I brought home must’ve been broken or something because it didn’t work but Walmart was great about replacing the product And it’s been on my tank for the last two weeks with no problem.

They are bright lights I just wish they would stay put. $20 for this seems too much. Claims to be good for large gallon tanks. False. I have a 10 gallon and those lights fit just right on there for a larger one you’d need two of these.

Command strips on lid fell through by the next day. Suction cups are working okay they fall of here and there but the most annoying thing is the lights only have a 3 inch separation not much freedom in setting up the lights.

Great light. I have purchased a few 24/7 lights from Finnex over the years and have never been disappointed. Each new model gets better and better. Very bright, very customizable and very sleek look.

High quality. If I want a quality light for a new tank setup Finnex is my go to. The Nicrew imitation 24/7 lights are ok but if you want a really nice light you wont be disappointed with go with the Finnex.

The Finnex is much brighter and customizable. Has better build quality and made of metal. I use both brands and you can definitely notice the difference. I use the Finnex for more “show tanks” with higher tech setup.

Also if the tank is deeper the Finnex will be much better since its brighter. The Nicrew I use for shallower tanks or tanks that are not as fancy. The Nicrew is plenty bright for 12 inch tanks but on an 18 inch tank it is not quite bright enough for me.

Works as advertised and impressively bright. I was worried that it would get very hot after a while but only remains lightly warm. The housing looks like metal on photos but is actually plastic. Great value so far.

A GREAT light at a good price I have bought several as I replace all my old ones with these . They give good light & really grow plants in my tanks .

I purchased this to grout a mosaic with tight joints. The consistency was thick and wasnt what I was hoping for. As far as the product performance other than that it was fine.

Low cost and cheap, no value for the money. Instructions written by someone that speaks English as a second language, very difficult to read and understand. Might have been worth the effort if the product itself was better.

Lights are not bright at all, 36 watts produces a yellow cast, light that made the entire aquarium look dingy, not a good look. The blue light onlyh (night) setting produced only enough light to let you know that a light was supposed to be on.

Will not be returning this since I destroyed the packaging, but this junk would have been over-priced at half the cost. Save your money, do not purchase. 3 Amps at 12 Volts is only 36 watts, that is nowhere near the wattage required for lighting an aquarium that is 72″ long.

The unit that I hoped to replace is 6. 6 Amps at 12 V or about 80 watts, and it looks so much better than this unit, that I am keeping it and will just trash this unit. The bitterness of poor quality lasts much longer than the sweetness of low price!.

I think it is a great light so far, but i think if you have a very deep fish tank like me, you need to pass on this light. My fish tank is 30 inches long and 24 inches deep. I think this light falls into the category of (Moderate light) It is doing great for my Rotala plants, but i think is not really that strong for my grass carpet.

I think this light would be ideal in a 30 inch to 36 inch long tank that it is not that deep. And also the reason why i give it 4 stars is because it gets a bit warm, and i have to keep a fan in the front of my tank, and that dissipates the heat.

This light looked great when first put on the aquarium, good intensity and color. Within one month LEDs started to flicker (3 at a time) and ultimately failed. This has become the normal performance of the DHL lights.

I bought four 36″ and four 48″ DHL light before I saw this failure. Presently 7 out of 8 DHL lights have failed. The one light that still works was not placed over an aquarium but used as a workbench light.

Perhaps the one watt LED drivers used in these lights can not handle even moderate levels of moisture. I have bought many other BeamsWork lights (EA, DA) over the years and have had no problem with any of them.

The DHL series is a failure and should not be used with aquariums.

Just received my AquaBasik in record time. It’s working beautifully in my 55 gallon tank. I especially like the remote control & all of the features. The LED lights really enhance the fish colors & decorations.

Cheaply made. I was sent an obvious open box return. I know this because the first one they sent didn’t work at all. It doesn’t do a true moonlight phase as advertised.

I use this light on my 40 gallon tall freshwater planted tank, and I have amazing growth from all of my plants. I have several swords, crypts, bacopa, hygrophilia, and jungle val as of right now. So, nothing that has high light demands, but it is a very deep tank, and I find it impressive that this light supports plant growth from such a distance.

I actually had to pull out a madagascar lace plant and aponogeton ulvaceus after those two had such amazing growth that they were blocking out all of my shorter plants from the light and taking over the tank.

I use a planted aquarium substrate but no CO2.

These LEDs didn’t even come close in comparison to my old T12 48 inch fluorescent lights, currently on my tank, for color and brightness. I have the old standard super actinic white and blue bulbs and the colors of the fish and coral pieces in my salt water tank are vivid.

I thought these LED lights would be an improvement. Not at all. Just the opposite, these LED lights looked yellow and everything was dull. I tried all of the settings and nothing came close to my old lights.

I’m sure there is something out there in the aquarium LED market that will be better but this isn’t it. The search continues ….

Let me start out by saying that overall this light is well done. The is light very bright on full output and they give you four different types of daylight to choose from on the remote. You can also tailor the output of your daylight setting which is very nice.

You also have a moonlight setting which you can also set exactly how you want. Also the quality of the light is good and it feels and looks well made. This Plus Pro comes with a ramp timer that will ramp your daylight up at your on time and down at your off time.

I think this the best way to run any aquarium lighting as it’s so much more natural. After the ramp down the moonlight setting will be on until the daylight starts again. If you don’t want any moonlight then you can adjust each color value to zero, and it will then ramp down to zero output.

I took a star off because at this price point they should have given a few things more attention. Like the super cheap looking “feet” that extend out. They look like black coated wire and a better made, clear option would be nicer.

Also the ramp timer is only up and down for daylight which is cheesy. These timers cost nothing to make and they could at least include another channel. And on that note the ramp up/down should be revert to an oranger, more appealing sunrise/sunset look.

Again circuits are cheap to include (I manufacture them for a living). I also have a Finnex planted + on a tank and from a purely aesthetic standpoint it looks way better when doing its sunrise/sunset.

Oh well, overall though this is a very nice light that has not given me any issues during setup or while on in the several weeks that I’ve been running it.

I planned on writing a review after having the light for 6 weeks (to give plants time to acclimate) but my initial impressions: Pros: -Neato different settings (if you’re into that) -Light given off reaches ends of my 20 gallon long -Plants near the surface look fantastic and are growing well so far -No algae produced! Cons: -I still feel like it should’ve been brighter (my previous light was smaller but extremely bright), but with no CO2 and minimal fertilization I’m trying to keep things as low-tech as possible.

More light = more problems with algae. So, it definitely suits my purposes – definitely won’t suit yours if you’re looking for a high-light or CO2 setup. -I’ve read reviews where the light can have condensation build up within it: if you have an open top setup, you might want to be wary of that.

Mine isn’t open top to conserve heat, which may also contribute to the dimmer effect of the light. Overall it’s absolutely a solid light for a low-light, low-tech tank – always keep your flora AND fauna stock in mind when choosing lights! :).

I have a 50 gal. bow front tank. The single strip LED lights that came with it have grown dim over the years. I’ve shopped LED lights, but the $200-$300 prices weren’t very appealing. Then I found this light.

My tank measures 36″ across and I wasn’t sure if the 24″-36″ would be enough so I asked Chewy. Based on their recommendation I spent the extra and bought the 36″-48″. It was a very good decision. I was more interested in brightness than the weather effects.

It has really brightened up my tank, and the fish seem to be happier.

I have a 125 gal tank, I needed to replace the light hood and found this one. I really had no expectations about the hood, but I was pleasantly surprised how beautifully it worked. The night mode is simply the best and the day mode is so much better than my old one that there just is no comparison.

I bought the largest light hood, the one for 48 to 60 I believe. Wasn’t sure if it would light up my whole entire tank, which is 60 inches side to side, since it is the light hood itself that is 48 inches and the legs or braces on the light that r adjustable, but it lights the whole tank well.

There is a slight shadowy effect in both corners in the daylight mode, but not enough to cause a problem, it actually adds to the atmosphere of the tank as a whole. Along with the shimmers, the shadows add a realism to the tank that the old lights could not produce.

My only complaint is that the light does not have remote capabilities. If the company wanted to improve that particular light hood, I would say that would b the perfect upgrade. For people like me who have large tanks on large stands where the top of the tank or the placement of the light is too high to reach and the only way to reach it is by standing on something every day at least twice a day, a remote would b a good thing.

Other than that, this hood was a good find and the price was fairly good as well.

For 50 years I have had only florescent light in my tanks and now we have LEDs. This light is cool and won’t heat the water, the daylight lighting is bright and clear and the blue only for twilight and sunrise color gives the tank a very peaceful light early in the morning and until it shuts off at night.

The timer works perfectly and is easy to set. The light in my tanks with air bubbles passing over the top of the water cast exciting shadows on the plants below making the aquarium look like a clear running stream.

The light fits the tank perfectly but be sure to get one that is the width of your tank. This light makes the tank look very exciting and the fish are so happy now. D J.

Specs: I have a 36″ long 40 gallon planted freshwater tank. Cons: I originally bought one 36-42″ light thinking it would do fine as a replacement for my florescents. I ended up having to buy 2 to get the amount of light I needed.

The other issue I had was I bought the plant module, which actually only replaced one of the 4 light modules. Maybe I didn’t read the description correctly, but I thought buying the plant module would convert the whole light.

I had to buy 3 more to do that. Pros: It was easy to set up right out of the box, doesn’t have a noisy fan, is much more efficient than my old florescent, and doesn’t throw off as much wasted energy as heat (a plus for me in a house with no ac).

Overall, it’s pretty good but I think I would have gone for the $200 range one I was looking at sobe I did have to buy 2 to do the job I needed, costing above $200 in the end.

I’ve wanted to replace my T5 HO 6500K lights on my planted aquarium for a while now but was a little apprehensive to try LEDs. I did a ton of research and decided that Beamswork will give you the most bang for your buck.

My plants are growing a lot faster and this light seems brighter than the fluorescent tubes. Only problem now is that some algae is popping up but that’s because I need to adjust the photoperiod and fertilization schedule with this new light.

This fixture is simple and does not ramp up or down like others and you have to manually switch it from normal light to blue light if you want the “moonlight look” at night. But I just keep mine on a simple outlet timer.

In all, this is the cheapest you will find a quality LED fixture that will grow aquarium plants! Get it!.

It took a long time to find bright LED strips that were 72″ and affordable. I previously used 3 48″ Finnex lights and spread them out evenly. The lighting never quite looked right and it always bothered me.

Once I found these 72″ lights with 5 rows of LEDs, I had to get them. I was originally going to buy 3 for my 150 gallon aquarium, but started with 2. To my surprise, 2 strips on the 150 light it up perfectly.

I am super pleased with this product’s size, quality, and affordability. It’s hard to find affordable light strips for a 6′ aquarium but these saved the day.

Great light. Only thing I don’t like about it compared to other LED light bars on my other aquariums is the wobbly metal arms that are supposed to hold it on the top of the tank. Even a slight brush across it and it slips and falls off the curved edge.

With my other tanks I have other brands of LED light bars that have a solid plastic piece that completely and securely sets across the top of my tank. However, for the price savings on this version is will certainly do in a pinch.

This aquarium light arrived quickly, and works perfectly. The light is bright, and my plants are happy. I am using it on a 29 gal tank and have crypts and anubias in the tank. I have the timer set to turn the light on 6 hours a day.

I’m really enjoying the LED enhanced lighting effects. Watching the beauty of the fish swimming, along with this light effects bar, is truly stress relieving. I also like the option of the brighter multi lit function, or the deeper blue for night lighting.

I have been in the aquarium hobby for over 30 years. 25 of that in saltwater and 23 of that with reef tanks. Lighting had always been a mystery to me but a few years back I dove into understanding lights.

I spent hrs reading everything I could on them. Reviews, opinion, fact sheets and then on photosynthesis in the worlds reefs itself. Needle to say there is a lot of good info and a LOT of bad info. The I decided to just gets the lights I wanted to try myself.

I stated with AI Hydras and did my best to understand and utilize them. I ten upgraded to Radion G5 Blues. They were great and I really liked them. When the Skys were announced I was not impressed. Little by little I was more intrigued by them.

Finally I decided I would try them. I was nervous to switch lights again, however this is where the story changes. Ive had the SKYs on my tank for just under three months now and I have zero regrets.

There have been so many positives with these lights, lower temperature, less blue yeah spectrum is the same, higher pH, easier to take photos, and my wife likes that she can be in the room without her eyes hurting (me too).

To me these have been the ultimate upgrade in lights. I highly recommend them to anyone that has a tank big enough for them, keep in mind you only need two of these to cover a 6 foot long tank. I am looking forward to using these on my 10 year tank now.

I have no plans on changing my lights again, and I think that these will go the distance. I highly, highly recommend these lights.