Lighting 90g

[Squishie89]

I currently have a Marineland Reef Capable LED Light 48" for my 90g (which is 48" long, 18" deep and 24" high). I was originally told this light could accommodate a clam and an anemone, but have been told otherwise since. If someone could please point me in the right direction for lighting these creatures with LED, and that will work with my tank, it would be much appreciated. I plan on a FOWLR with some inverts, but no corals. Thanks so much.

 

[ReefLEDLights]

I currently have a Marineland Reef Capable LED Light 48" for my 90g (which is 48" long, 18" deep and 24" high). I was originally told this light could accommodate a clam and an anemone, but have been told otherwise since. If someone could please point me in the right direction for lighting these creatures with LED, and that will work with my tank, it would be much appreciated. I plan on a FOWLR with some inverts, but no corals. Thanks so much.

The Marineland is fine for FOWLR

Personally I do not know anyone who has this on a tank with clams...

If an anomenoe is fed well in a good enviroment it can thrive low light but it does better in higher light.

Bill

 

[thartsockpg]

i have a friend who has two over his 125 gallon and his tank is awsome. he has clams, sps, lps, and softies. if you could get a second reef capable i would do it. he is ordering a third so i dont know if he is satisfied with two. good luck

 

[Squishie89]

i have a friend who has two over his 125 gallon and his tank is awsome. he has clams, sps, lps, and softies. if you could get a second reef capable i would do it. he is ordering a third so i dont know if he is satisfied with two. good luck

Yeah I am getting a lot of mixed reviews on the light. Some say it will not be enough, some say it will. I think when the time comes I will try, and if the clam starts to look like it is doing badly, I will sell it back to the LFS.

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

My friend tried running them on his 72 gallon bowfront and tried keeping a crocea clam. He was not too successful and ended up getting a different LED lighting system. He could grow softies like leathers and mushrooms but not much else.

 

[Connie]

I presently have the Marineland Reef Capable 48" fixture on my 90g and have enjoyed it, but I also have two 48" double lamp T-5 HO fixtures to supplement and my mixed reef w/ Anemone is doing fine. IME I don't think just one fixture will support anything more than a FOWLR.

 

[redfishbluefish]

Just checked the specs:

1 watt LEDS
And for 48 inches, you either have 36 white/6 blue or 46 white/8 blue

So best case, you have 54 LEDS at 1 watt each…..seems pretty weak….and very white.

I would think this would be a nice light for a freshwater tank or FOWLR.

I also have a 90 gallon and have 240 watts of light over my tank (3 watts/LED).

 

[Mufasa31]

I have a Kessil A350 over my 30 cube. I run it at 50-70% power.

My crocea clam is going very well.

Most people are running 2 A350s or 2 A350Ws on 90 gallon tanks.

 

[Connie]

Just checked the specs:

1 watt LEDS
And for 48 inches, you either have 36 white/6 blue or 46 white/8 blue

So best case, you have 54 LEDS at 1 watt each…..seems pretty weak….and very white.

I would think this would be a nice light for a freshwater tank or FOWLR.

I also have a 90 gallon and have 240 watts of light over my tank (3 watts/LED).

Nailed it on the head....very white light.

 

[ReefLEDLights]

For a 90 Gal 50-90 Cree 3-5 watt LEDs driven just over 2 watts works great and will be about the same PAR as a 250 watt MH. Two AI with 48 Total Cree LEDs will also work.

Personally I do not like the 1 watt LEDs based on their efficiency. A quality 3 watt LED driven at 2 watts will have over three times the light of a 1 watt LED.

It can be a bit confusing when watts are used so its best to go with quality.

Bill

 

[sirmike]

Are you going to get/add more corals later? I for one really do not like the Reef capable at all. I have 2 AI sol LEDs. $ but worth it!

 

[Squishie89]

Are you going to get/add more corals later? I for one really do not like the Reef capable at all. I have 2 AI sol LEDs. $ but worth it!

No this tank is going to stay a FOWLR (with hopefully a few inverts). A reef tank will be done further a long the line.

 

[barndtman84]

i had a 90 gal with mixed eef and used 2 blue reef 120 watt LED systems which made all my corals pop even my sps but for a FOWLR you dont need that much. but a low wattage LED would work best i currently have only 3 20watt LED's over my 125 gal and corals are doing very good including a few sps frags.