can the Marineland Single Bright LED Lighting System support corals?

no, not the single bright version. It's pretty clear on the first page in the Highlights section, where it says:

".......similar output compared to a typical single tube fluorescent light......"

A single fluor. won't light a reef tank. Not even close.!

the one the other poster linked to is just barely enough but will be ok for a 10 gallon, any deeper or wider(front to back dimension) and you'd have to have two of them.

here's a similar one to the marineland reef light, but a little more power maybe.

http://www.marineandreef.com/AquaticLife_Expandabl...

They screw with you by not telling you the Lumens though, they use watts..

I read a lot of the fine print and if you are careful you'll be able to figure out the important values, and using the reviews find out some of the points, good and bad, of the lights you are looking at when you are comparing.

here's an example of my breakdown of what I saw. in the two Marineland ones.

note; the quantity of leds can be confusing, until you realize that the single bright fixture is 51 white, leds at .06, so 6/100 th of a watt each led, and total lumens of 300

the so-called reef lighting version in the link, is 18 white leds, at 1.0 watt each and total lumens of 1305

4 times as much light as the single bright version even though it has way fewer leds...

BUT.!!! the reviews point out that the light from the leds, meaning the spectrum of light, wasn't very good and they recommended an additional strip of blue only leds to balance out the color.

I would wish that they had a better version of the white Led as well, but when you get those the price of the fixtures go up a lot.

Now if you really have been reading this, you'll be thinking , "ok how do I know what spectrum the leds are or should be.?? I need to know the Lumens and the spectrum, right.???"

Well the manufacturers screw you by not really telling you that often, unless they're expensive lights, and then sometimes they'll make a claim of better spectrum.

they'll use the term Kelvin, or K, as in 10,000K or nanometers, Nm...

here's the data on the reef style light in the link:

Daylight LED lamps

10,000K 1-watt LED's

Actinic/Lunar LED Lamps

460nm 1 watt LED's

Also the cord is a single cord, sometimes this is important to people who want the blue lights on a separate times, but you could add a small cheapest 3-4 blue light led strip,; attach it to the edge of this fixture.

So in conclusion, no the single bright isn't good enough for anything like a reef.

the reef version of the marineland light is BARELY good enough for some, but not all reef organisms.

Corals half way up to the water line will do better because they'll be closer to the lights.

single bright, 40$s

reef, 160$s

Better ones range from 250-400$s for that size tank

that's just how it is. I know it sucks. Sorry. At least you now know how to dig up the info you need yourself.

edit: google DIY led aquarium lights if you are skilled in soldering and making things.

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can the Marineland Single Bright LED Lighting System support corals?

i want to make my 10 gallon a reef.

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no,

you'd need this

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