Fish Only Lighting

I'm curious as to what lighting is required for fish only. After reading I'm learning that it seem's like it's basically whatever I prefer. My tank doesnt have a canopy with it yet so I'm thinking about DIY LED. Just curious what to buy for it or if there's any recommendations

 

What size tank? For fish only it doesn't seem to matter much! Whatever you prefer! Led's are nice as you won't have to change the bulbs every year!

 

+1^^
But odds are the coral bug will eventually Bite you! so good lights might be good to have, in which Case, I'm 100% Led either DIY or Prebuilt, just dont cheap out, cause then you might have well just bought t8s lol. Make sure you do some research, and just see what fits into your budget, and what you really want out of your tank long term

 

I have a 100 gallon thats got reef with a 7 bulb t5 setup. This tank is def going to be fish only.

Btw, it's a 210 gallon

 

Then You can get away with just about anything in that case I would think, it all depends on preference, Like marineland led lights, are fairly cheap I dont know about quality, but They might be an energy efficient option

 

I have had a marineland led panel for just over a year now, and its been over a planted 55gal freshwater.... doing a great job too!

 

^well theres my answer lol I wondered about them, to replace my t5s on my cichlid tank, cause I hate having them on it runs the power bill up

 

well if not for corals and is definitely going to be fish only and you want LEDs id recommend looking into a bridgelux kit from aquastyle to save money and still have a nice LED look