TrueLumen 36 Inch Pro LED Brackets Review

I was hesitant to spend so much on a set of LED brackets for my aquarium, but I decided to give these a try. As my tests showed, the brightness was rather low and did not seem to penetrate deep into the water. Also, the brackets themselves were poorly made and did not feel secure enough to hold the lights in place. Overall, I would not recommend these brackets to anyone looking to upgrade their aquarium lights.

I bought this because my hood predated Methuselah. The plastic case was so brittle that pieces began to break off. When the ballast failed again and crumbled into dust trying to remove it, I decided it was time for a new mount. The guy who maintains my aquarium recommended LED lights instead of fluorescent lights, so I did a little research and found this. It was easy to install on the underside of the oak canopy that fits my tank, but it came with "feet" that you can use if you don't have a…

While the workmanship on these lights is very high, I found the Sun White 8000K lamps advertised by Current USA to be "the perfect spectrum for a freshwater aquarium or sanctuary." bad for stimulating growth in an aquarium with plants. To be honest they gave off a very nice white light which shows fish well and they supported reasonable growth for cryptocoryne, cardamom and wisteria but they didn't meet the needs of most of the other plants I tried including ocelot swords , Amazon Swords…