LED lighting to promote plant growth

jossh27 · 02-07-17, 07:29 PM

I'm using a 12x12x18 tank similar to the et brand to house a baby atb. Since its small and ill probably have most of the screen top blocked off aside from a spot for che ill have very little room for lighting to help the plants thrive- anyone able to recommend some small leds i can use?

TRD · 02-08-17, 04:06 AM

Jungle Dawn LEDs, work great... very bright though

MartinD · 02-08-17, 04:54 AM

Hi Josh, here is a review of Arcadia's Jungle Dawn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tv1FYMCZuJs

jossh27 · 02-08-17, 09:19 AM

Jungle dawn and dart frog connections are two I've been looking at. I wad hoping i could find something a bit smaller yet, bit I'm sure that might be a far cry

TRD · 02-08-17, 12:26 PM

Jungle Dawn is good, they have a 40W spot LED as well, but that may be overkill for such size vivarium and is mainly for vivariums with considerable height. I think a 9W Jungle dawn would be more than sufficient for your needs. Its only drawback really is how to mount it as you can't simply fit it in the standard methods for the typical incandescent light bulbs... You can mount it using one of their own fixtures like their Ceramic Lamp Holder Bracket, just need to either glue or use double-sided tape to hold it in the right position.

I have no experience with the DFC lamp, but looks similar to Jungle Dawn. It might be a bit colder in color as it is adding extra blue's.

jossh27 · 02-09-17, 09:20 AM

Thanks trd. Ill poetically go Jd route