Best Lights for Freshwater 180 gallon tank?

[richard yung]

I have these lights on my 300 and love them, highly recommend

Mind if i see pics of your tank with the current satellite lighting? Do you have regular one or the Led PLUS?

 

[richard yung]

I like the finnex planted plus.View attachment 1133446

This looks dope. Is your tank also a 6 x 2 x 2? Did you get the 48-60 inch fixture?

 

[richard yung]

I'm using national geographic deluxe programmable led aquarium light 48", it's not the best LED out there but here how its look on my tank same dimemsion at your tank, It's bright enough to make algae outbreak if keep it on more than 8 hours a day.

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Tank looks dope but the lights are out of my budget. Nice plants tho!

 

[Yuki Rihwa]

This looks dope. Is your tank also a 6 x 2 x 2? Did you get the 48-60 inch fixture?

Thanks!
Yes, it's 48~60 fixture. I made a custom extended wood stand to raise the light fixture up so light can reach out evenly entire tank.

 

[pops]

I rarely turn any lights on so run nothing special. the lighting I am running on tanks dim. half the size for the tank. I can see them, and they can see me.

 

[freak78]

It's a 125g. I run two 36" fixtures.

 

[bbortko]

I had 3 sat+ fixtures on my 235g, 2 lasted less than 2 years. I wanted a 6' fixture so it wouldn't sit on the lids and I didn't want to hang the fixture so I went with builmyled.com. It's my second fixture from them and I love their quality and customer service.

 

[Something_fishy_juno]

I like the finnex planted plus.View attachment 1133446

This is for the 180 gallon? How long is the finnex planted plus?

 

[freak78]

Longest you can get is 48 inches I believe. I use four 36 inch lights for my 125.

 

[DN328]

I like the marine + models... don't care for the freshwater models, be they plus or standard. They look too yellow cast for me. If I want my freshwater tanks to take on a yellow glow, I'll use tannins and floating plants and light strips with a kelvin rating of 10,000 or slightly higher.

This is true, but I think the yellow cast is intended to highlight the plants. You could always go programmable freshwater LED and set to essentially any Kelvin. It just depends if you think it's worth it for the programmability.