What is the best Refugium light ?

[jmichaelh7]

What is the best refugium light? Please explain

 

[Lavey29]

Neptune Gro is very effective for me

 

[dschuffert]

Neptune Gro is very effective for me

The same for me.

 

[flashsmith]

I'm going with Kessil H80. In fact I have one for sale right now..

 

[Pistondog]

What is the best refugium light? Please explain

Other.
Any bright pink horticulture grow light.
For example
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[Millerb415]

ive used the prime fuge works well but nothing to compare it too

 

[ninjamyst]

Tunze chic because it is submersible, easy to mount anywhere, and doesn't get in the way. Will never go back to any other fuge light.

 

[Millerb415]

Tunze chic because it is submersible, easy to mount anywhere, and doesn't get in the way. Will never go back to any other fuge light.

heard good things about those how much growth do you get with it though?

 

[ninjamyst]

heard good things about those how much growth do you get with it though?

Light is not the limiting factor with growth. Water quality and nutrients level is. I throw out handfuls of chaeto and red gracillira every two weeks. Has nothing to do with light though. I could have used a 60w light bulb and would still have same growth.

 

[exnisstech]

Cheap clip on work light with a cheap grow light bulb. Chaeto loves it as does my wallet. I just see no need for a high dollar light for a fuge. I have 3 fuges thriving with these cheap lights. I guess if appearance is an issue maybe but it is a fuge right?

 

[jmichaelh7]

The Tunze chic submersible sounds good

 

[Frank61]

Tunze Chic: Because they are submersible, we gain much more effective lighting per watt due to a) inverse square law and b) no light loss from reflecting off the water surface. I lay one on top of my Chaeto and one one the bottom aimed upwards.

 

[Lavey29]

Cheap clip on work light with a cheap grow light bulb. Chaeto loves it as does my wallet. I just see no need for a high dollar light for a fuge. I have 3 fuges thriving with these cheap lights. I guess if appearance is an issue maybe but it is a fuge right?

But do you get a lot of light spill into other chambers resulting in algae?

 

[Lavey29]

The Tunze chic submersible sounds good

The neptune light is designed to be right at the water surface so no light spill into other sump chambers.

 

[MoshJosh]

I find that full spectrum white lights tend to grow macros better than purple lights. . . but if you go with a purple light you get that cool cyberpunk look!

 

[ninjamyst]

Tunze Chic: Because they are submersible, we gain much more effective lighting per watt due to a) inverse square law and b) no light loss from reflecting off the water surface. I lay one on top of my Chaeto and one one the bottom aimed upwards.

Your chaeto don't turn white from touching the chic light?

 

[exnisstech]

But do you get a lot of light spill into other chambers resulting in algae?

Actually no. The only chamber I was getting any noticeable algae was my frag section under an xr15. I recently turned that section into a semi cryptic zone and filled it with live rock and rubble. My fuge is between the first chamber with socks and skimmer and the return chamber. Nothing grows in the return chamber and the first chamber just gets tube worms and sponges.

 

[Kfactor]

what ever one you own lol me its a h80 but i have a small refugium

 

[Kfactor]

What is the best refugium light? Please explain

i would have to say it depends on the size of refugium your lighting

 

[DrinkinPepsi]

I have been overly thrilled with this guy

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