How are the HIPARGERO LEDs?

[If_Only]

I love looking around amazon and Ive always wanted a 3 or 4 foot tank but I don't have the budget to light one, but I came across this HIPARGERO LED 30w and it has great reviews on amazon and youtube and such. Hows this light really, I would love to see some decent growth from basic LPS and some softies, live Zoas, Toadstools, mushrooms, Leathers, Hammers, frogspawn, candy canes, and elegance coral. How would these lights do, I would have one for about every 18x18x18 space, I know that these don't have a timer so I could just use a separate timer, I would like to try some super basic SPS like Montis and maybe a easy clam. Would these lights do the trick?

[JurisReefer]

I have one and I'm very pleased with it. I'd say it's the best you can get for the cost + ease of Amazon. Can definitely grow softies, and I have a single acro on a high rock, and although its too soon to discuss growth or lack thereof, it is much happier, better coloration, etc., under the Hipargero than it was in my other tank under orbits. Check out some of the reviews that actually have PAR readings, and you'll see. The one downfall is the lack of controllability. I use a timer, and even with one light, it's definitely a headache. Not to mention if you touch one of the touch-sensitive buttons you'll have to get it back to max and count down from 9 to get it back where you had it. If you got a couple, I'd recommend getting a wifi enabled powerstrip, or plugging a standard one into a wifi enabled plug.

[If_Only]

8 minutes ago, LegalReef said:

I have one and I'm very pleased with it. I'd say it's the best you can get for the cost + ease of Amazon. Can definitely grow softies, and I have a single acro on a high rock, and although its too soon to discuss growth or lack thereof, it is much happier, better coloration, etc., under the Hipargero than it was in my other tank under orbits. Check out some of the reviews that actually have PAR readings, and you'll see. The one downfall is the lack of controllability. I use a timer, and even with one light, it's definitely a headache. Not to mention if you touch one of the touch-sensitive buttons you'll have to get it back to max and count down from 9 to get it back where you had it. If you got a couple, I'd recommend getting a wifi enabled powerstrip, or plugging a standard one into a wifi enabled plug.

Alright, which timer do you suggest, the ones I have for my freshwater tanks that I love have been discontinued... what do you suggest?? Also I think I might go for this light because it has a gooseneck which is awesome.

 

 

[JurisReefer]

1 hour ago, If_Only said:

Alright, which timer do you suggest, the ones I have for my freshwater tanks that I love have been discontinued... what do you suggest?? Also I think I might go for this light because it has a gooseneck which is awesome.

 

 

If you're running multiple lights, my first thought would be to grab a power strip and then plug that into a "smart" outlet. BUT the law student in me says I need to tell you to look into whether or not that would be safe. I just use a power strip with an analog timer from my LFS, which would work for you as well, but it's unreliable sometimes. Mine didn't come with a gooseneck. Just came with a metal mount, which might be what you're referring to. I've just always heard of gooseneck referring to mounts that are flexible.

[ReefGoat]

What's your budget. You can get a pair of black boxes on eBay for like 150 bucks and completely light a 3ft tank powerfully. There's a fish store about 2 hours away from me that has beautiful tanks packed to the brim with great looking coral of all kinds and the color looks awesome. They just have MAD pest problems. So I stay away....... But their black boxes impressed me. Side note.....hope you like blue. Because they are blue blue lmao

[Gourami Swami]

I have one and I like it, thought mine is only on a 14x14x14 cube. Soft corals and LPS have been doing great under it; zoanthids spreading to cover plugs, xenia and ricordia split and doubled in size, hammer has grown like 7 new heads, acans have grown in size and sprouted new polyps. This is in only a couple months, so far the light seems to be doing fine. I have watched videos with the par ratings, and basically, the light performs pretty well as long as the corals are not off to the side too far; the spread isn't great and par is lost with depth and distance to the side. But for what I need it for (very small tank) its nice. If I were doing a tank that was any deeper or wider like you are describing, I would probably spring for a different light tbh.

[If_Only]

3 hours ago, ReefGoat said:

What's your budget. You can get a pair of black boxes on eBay for like 150 bucks and completely light a 3ft tank powerfully. There's a fish store about 2 hours away from me that has beautiful tanks packed to the brim with great looking coral of all kinds and the color looks awesome. They just have MAD pest problems. So I stay away....... But their black boxes impressed me. Side note.....hope you like blue. Because they are blue blue lmao

My budget for everything (including livestock and equipment for the next like 6 months) is like 1300-1500 and I think that in a perfect world under 200 would be excellent, but I was gonna do two AI primes, but I found these and they seem cool, yeah I do mean the mount, got the words mixed up... 😁

3 hours ago, ReefGoat said:

What's your budget. You can get a pair of black boxes on eBay for like 150 bucks and completely light a 3ft tank powerfully. There's a fish store about 2 hours away from me that has beautiful tanks packed to the brim with great looking coral of all kinds and the color looks awesome. They just have MAD pest problems. So I stay away....... But their black boxes impressed me. Side note.....hope you like blue. Because they are blue blue lmao

Im pretty sure you can dim the amount of blue? But one reason I love the lights first of all there on amazon, so I can easily (easier than eBay) refund them, also more people have them so I can relate to there success story, and lastly they don't need to be hung by the room or a wall mount, these lights mount to the tank. (accidentally quoted you twice so and im to dumb to delete the second one sorry 😬)

1 hour ago, Gourami Swami said:

I have one and I like it, thought mine is only on a 14x14x14 cube. Soft corals and LPS have been doing great under it; zoanthids spreading to cover plugs, xenia and ricordia split and doubled in size, hammer has grown like 7 new heads, acans have grown in size and sprouted new polyps. This is in only a couple months, so far the light seems to be doing fine. I have watched videos with the par ratings, and basically, the light performs pretty well as long as the corals are not off to the side too far; the spread isn't great and par is lost with depth and distance to the side. But for what I need it for (very small tank) its nice. If I were doing a tank that was any deeper or wider like you are describing, I would probably spring for a different light tbh.

Thanks for sharing you success, you give me hope that cheaper lighting for coral growth is possible! And this tank is very shallow (about the same as yours) and I will be doing two, and if I really need it I might upgrade to 3 later on. But what other lighting do you mean??

 

Thanks Y'all for the help, any more opinions?

[Clown79]

They are a popular budget light. Those who have used them really like them.