Please help me make this decision!
I have two plantet tanks. both 128 liters, 80 x 40 x 40 (cm)
I plan to have carpets plants in both of them. Montecarlo, Dwarf hair grass, and allso HC. and lots of other plants.
Buy the moment they are running without CO2, but I plan to ad that in the nearest possible future.
I decided to go with Chihiros.
I like the customization possible with WRGB and command 4. And I am also ready to have a spare phone lying between the tanks, to control the lights, as people complain about the stupid fact that phone need to be in reach of the light, to turn them on and off !!! WTF!
But most important, i need enough light to grow carpets. And I have these options in mind:
Solution 1
1 x WRGB 60
3500 lm, on 65W.
Solution 2
2 x WRGB 60
Then 7000 lm, using 130W
Solution 3
2 x RGB 60
Together emitting 4900 lm, using 100W
Solution 4
1 x VIVID
5500 lm, 130W
Solution 5
A combination of A-series (with very high lumens / W) and RGB or WRGB for better CRI.
With solution 4, I have some wife issues, I don't think she would like the look of the lamp, as she is used to the aquarium light laying on top of the aquarium as you can see on the tank to the left.
Also she really likes the lamps hanging on the wall, as I kind of suits the look in the kids room with castle on so on... and the VIVID's will kind of hang just in front of them!!
Maybe I could hang the old looking lamp higher on the wall... with the spaceships just under (very nice look!!) Any other suggestions?
Buy the way... I plan to hide 2-4 kg CO2 mounted on the wall inside/behind the blue thing in the middle! =)
Questions:
I have two plantet tanks. both 128 liters, 80 x 40 x 40 (cm)
I plan to have carpets plants in both of them. Montecarlo, Dwarf hair grass, and allso HC. and lots of other plants.
Buy the moment they are running without CO2, but I plan to ad that in the nearest possible future.
I decided to go with Chihiros.
I like the customization possible with WRGB and command 4. And I am also ready to have a spare phone lying between the tanks, to control the lights, as people complain about the stupid fact that phone need to be in reach of the light, to turn them on and off !!! WTF!
But most important, i need enough light to grow carpets. And I have these options in mind:
Solution 1
1 x WRGB 60
3500 lm, on 65W.
Solution 2
2 x WRGB 60
Then 7000 lm, using 130W
Solution 3
2 x RGB 60
Together emitting 4900 lm, using 100W
Solution 4
1 x VIVID
5500 lm, 130W
Solution 5
A combination of A-series (with very high lumens / W) and RGB or WRGB for better CRI.
With solution 4, I have some wife issues, I don't think she would like the look of the lamp, as she is used to the aquarium light laying on top of the aquarium as you can see on the tank to the left.
Also she really likes the lamps hanging on the wall, as I kind of suits the look in the kids room with castle on so on... and the VIVID's will kind of hang just in front of them!!
Maybe I could hang the old looking lamp higher on the wall... with the spaceships just under (very nice look!!) Any other suggestions?
Buy the way... I plan to hide 2-4 kg CO2 mounted on the wall inside/behind the blue thing in the middle! =)
Questions:
- What light solution will be best?
As I will try to grow carpeting plants and other medium to high light plants... at least I would like to have the option to dim up light, when I get to set up CO2.
- Will all solutions grow carpeting plants?
- What is the deal with W/lm ??? It is so much higher with the A-series and other "pure white" LED's, when compared to RGB LED's.
Is this difference in light intensity per. W just the trade off, to get better CRI with the RGB's?