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Review on 🐠 Enhance Your Aquarium with the KZKR Aquarium LED Fish Tank Light: Remote Control, Full Spectrum Blue and White Decorations Light for Freshwater Saltwater Marine Tanks (16-84 inch) by Joy Owens

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Not good enough for plants with a lot of light

This is the 4th light brand I have bought in the last 6 months. I have a 29 gallon (30L x 12W x 18D) planted community and a 120 X-High (60L x 18W x 24D) that I am working on turning into a planted community. This is the first manufacturer I know to make a 60 inch flashlight so I was excited to try it out. I've resigned myself to putting 4 30" headlights on the 120. The good thing about my aquariums is that they both easily fit 30 inch lights. I started Current USA LED on the 29th. This was my first LED and I was growing plants. Pretty good in my 29. Mainly Java Ferns, Chain Swords, Crypt Wendtii, Cabomba and Red Myrio. Oddly enough, he struggled to grow Val and eventually it all melted away (more my fault for not adding root tabs). Give this light about a 5/10. - I bought my 120 and installed them with two 30" Beamswork DA 80 FSPEC LEDs. They supported similar assets and were a brightness upgrade from Current USA. I bought a LARGE Anubias Hastafolia, several moss species, Anubias Nana Petite, Java fern and various overgrown Cabomba and Myrio from 29. Plants rooted without notable problems but with a tank depth of 24 inches it wasn't enough to do anything. more complex. I would rate 7/10 for this light. So.- After much research I decided to try the 30 inch Finnex FugeRay Planted+. This is an old model for Finnex, but there is a lot of light. I've tried it on a 120 with the intention of buying a second one if I like it, but just haven't tried it on a big tank. So I changed it to 29 to see if Current hit it. Good gracious! the difference was amazing. My wife was annoyed with the revolving door with the light approaching the house and I promised to return it if it didn't work on the 120th, but even she agreed that on the 29th it was much better. that it was the 29th, the purple Cabomba actually turned purple, the red Myrio turned 'red', and there was new growth everywhere. Very good light for this tank. I would give him a 9/10. I still had the second light dilemma for the 120. I bought this lamp to try because space was tight on the top and two six inch wide Beamsworks were already on top. I unpacked it, put it on and started turning different lightbulbs on and off in different combinations. The KZKR isn't as bright as the two Beamsworks, despite having roughly the same total number of LEDs and their combination in the light bar. I will keep it and use all three lights (KZKR and 2 Beamsworks) at 120. I ordered a second KZKR but didn't feel I would get the same results as the 3 light combo so I cancelled. second KZKR. Overall I think I would give this light 5/10. I know that lighting the bottom of a 24 inch aquarium is not an easy task, especially since large black boxes are out of the question. I also know that my observations are anecdotal and that what I perceive and what my plants see are two different things. So far this is just my experience with several different light sources. I think in an ideal world I would use two five foot Beamsworks at 120 (if they make them) and settle for Finnex at 29. I don't think the KZKR is a bad light, I just think it should be used as a supplement, not the main light, especially if you want to grow plants in medium to high light.

Pros
  • Package Contents: 1 LED Aquarium Light, 2 Retractable Arms, 1 Power Adapter. We will carefully check the packaging before shipment to avoid damage to the light during transportation.
Cons
  • Periodicity