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L.E.D Lights Effect on Live Plants

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#1 ·
I have a Marineland day/night L.E.D light and I wanted to know how well it would work with growing live plants. Any input is welcomed

Thanks,
MetalArm3
 
#7 ·
Actually, in all honesty the marineland LED lights aren't the best for growing plants. I did some research into them as I thought they were super cool. General consensus is that they're great for showing off your tank, not so good for growing plants. They're simply not strong/bright enough for the plants.
 
#8 ·
I purchased a combo on sale that had that type of light. For the short time I used the LED light on my planted tank (a few weeks waiting for a T5HO fixture to be ordered), the Elodea actually did ok (wasn't thick and bushy, but grew pretty well surprisingly). I moved it to my kids 29 gallon tank - they liked the blue LED effect on their Danio glofish. It did look very neat. I wouldn't recommend using the "night" blue LED lights all night long. Fish need periods of complete darkness and my fish behave differently if the blue LED is on (they are more active) versus an almost completely dark room.
 
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