Stunner LED

[swayd]

I was thinking of buying the stunner LED combo strip for my 9gal? at the moment I only have PC lighting, and was wondering if I should skip the PC and just use the LED lighting or compliment my PC with the LED? My PC lighting is only 18 watts total so I was thinking to just add the LED but a guy from my LFS told me not to combine them and just use the LED strip because then it would be too much light. I just want to know if the LED strip would be enough lighting or if I should use both?

Thanks in advance

[evilc66]

What are your tank dimensions?

[swayd]

15.5"L x 10"W x 15.5"H

[Degener8]

I would go ahead and use both. www.aquanerd.com had some write ups on par numbers with the stunner strips.. he was using 5 of em I think in a combination.. and at about 17 in from the sand he was getting like 50's on a PAR meter...

 

:pause: Gonna go see if i can just post a link for ya to the review and you can draw your own conclusions.

 

Here is the link to the PAR number using 4 stunner strips .. check it out and you can see how you would like to do things.

 

http://blog.aquanerd.com/2010/02/ecoxotic-...ar-numbers.html

[swayd]

Thnx I read up on the link you gave me. So the Stunner LEDs arent all that great for the $70 they are cost?

[Degener8]

Nope the panorama led strips for 100 each basically give about equal par in their tests (i panorama strip vs 4 stunners)

 

read through his site for the other reviews of the panorama add in strips.

[swayd]

Alright cool, thnx for the help!