I purchased a used 75 gallon reef-ready aquarium this week. The seller bought the tank for the corals growing in it, took the livestock and sold me the tank, stand, hood, and wet/dry filter. The aquarium came with 4 "Power Bright" LED power strips. Each strip is 3.1 feet and the specifications are as follows:
Each strip has 198 LED all-purpose lights.
uses 11 watts of energy
puts out 75 watts of light
13,000 MCD (I don't know what this is)
life- 10 years, 80,000 hours
The seller tells me the previous owner claims this was his lighting system for the corals. These are not sold as aquarium lights and I can find little information on them, such as the light spectrum. They look like flourescent strip lights.
I did a web search and found one post on MarineDepot.com that stated LED lighting was possibly the reef lighting system of the future and gives the tank that "shimmering effect" like metal halides but it is a cool light.
Does anyone have any experience with this type of lighting or know anyone who does? I don't know whether to get a reflector and install these or buy a T5 power stip.
In theory, 4 lights will provide 4 watts per gallon to illuminate the aquarium.
Suggestions?
LED Lighting?
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