Interpet 47cm Single Blue Moon LED Lighting System

I bought this to replace the blown lighting rig in my Aqua Style AR-980 tank. I wasn't sure whether to go for this or the 90cm version, or whether to go for two or three tubes. In the end, I plumped for this - and it's perfect.I've got a relatively low-light setup in terms of plants (java fern, crypts, amazon sword, etc) so masses of lighting wasn't my priority. However these things are *bright* - they beat the two 35W tubes I was using in the hood hands-down, and it's a whiter, cleaner light as well. In terms of fit, the width is perfect - I've used two of the plastic screw supports in the hood with the supplied screw clamps, and they sit perfectly in the lighting area of the hood and push plenty of light down into the tank.I think that the 90cm lights would have fit in just as well into the hood (there's plenty of space at either end), but this is perfect for my lighting requirements, and uses far less power to boot.If I'm being picky, I would have liked the connector to be further down the cable away from the tank, but there's still enough clearance from the back of the tank for it not to be a problem. The switch is near the plug end, but as I use them on a timer it's always on for me anyway, and the timer switches it on and off automatically.

I bought this LED light to replace the original power compact T5s that came with my aquarium (Interpet river / reef 94l) The problem I had with the Stock lighting that came with the tank was that I could not control the temperature? The lights would cause overheating! So after looking around for something to use as a replacement I came across this lighting unit. It seemed like a reasonable price compared to other branded units.I knew this wasn't going to be a direct fit in my current set up but for the price I thought I would take the chance? (WOW!) Im so glad I did.I adjusted my lid to accommodate the lighting unit and turned it on. (Fantastic) superb brightness, very crisp, sharp white colour. My corals, anemones's and fish love it. One thing I did do was to add a cheap unbranded "blue" LED strip to my set up, this was more a personal taste thing as I like the bluish tint on the corals.Ive kept aquariums for over thirty years and have used a number of Interpet products over these years. I have always found them to be reasonably priced and good products, but this one surprised me it's brilliant. On the look out for an external filter now so will see what they have?Interpet LED Auto Timer and Sunrise ControllerIn my nano reef I have: x2 red bubble tip anemone's, Flower pot corals, frogspawn corals, Pulsing Xenia, x2 Toadstools and fish and they all love this light. see pics.

Having recently moved over from T5 lighting to LED to try and keep running costs down i bought these to supplement 2 Growbeam 600 units.My tank is 40inx18inx15 previeously running about 110w of T5,the AQUAGROW gives a good light but i felt a little more was needed as the back and corners of the tank seemed a little dull.The two 47cm units soved this problem very well indeed.I think if you were going to use these units as your only light source in a planted tank(mine is planted) your unlikely to achieve the right conditions for high light requirement plants.If you are running a tank which has low light requirement plants IE,Java,Anibias,Swords,and the like you might get away with four units of this size or 2 larger ones.If however you have a decorative tank with just fish and ornements go for them they are cheap and perform well in this scenario and as i stated low light requirement plants should be fine.The only reason i have smaller units and not the longer ones is i like to stagger my light requirements.I am not sure of the wattage of these units but it is very low,my Gowbeams are 12watts per unit so i have gone from 110watts to around 35watts with much the same light output.Over a twelve month period thats quite a saving.They are very good value for money for what they are.

Using this as the only light source in a 3ft/180L tank and illuminates it perfectly.The actual unit measures 74cm in length so I may have been able to get away with the next size up if that also measures under advertised length which was a little annoying as I had 90cm to play with but didn't want to risk the larger one. Still not an issue though as this does the job perfectly.It does give off a ripple effect on the walls surrounding from the surface agitation but not too bad and perfectly liveable for me.Only given it 4 as it is slightly smaller than advertised and the switch is a little late in the cord which leaves it on the floor almost but still works really well on its own for my tank as I was skeptical as to whether this would be enough on it's own.UPDATE - 28/11/2016Now had the light unit over 2 years and it's still going strong. Not real noticeable drop in performance either and works great for a planted aquarium.Also combined this with the sunlight timer which is a handy little addition as it dims the lights on and off rather than the harsh full on or off that a normal plug timer gives.Also added a blue LED strip which complements nicely although it would be nice if Interpet could produce a combined white and blue system as this would free another plug and there looks to be room to add more LEDs without having to enlarge the product. Saying this, it is nice to have the blue on it's own after dark.Wasn't expecting it to last this long without dimming and also got the 2 x 75cm set-up on a 120l which has been going about 2 years too with just as, if not more, impressive results.Well worthy of the 5 stars now!Updated pics - 2nd is update from the first pic and 3rd is with the 2 x 75cm on 120L tank.