led recomendation

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  1. xan3x

    xan3x Flamingo Tongue

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    Anyone have a good recomendation for an led fixture for a 36 gall bow front?
     
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  2. cosmo

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    whats your budget?
     
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  3. zoo 4 life

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    DIY, boost makes some incredible DIY kits or PAR-38 bulbs that will work nice for you. Also, I suppose it will depend on what you want to keep, if it's fish only get a Marineland LED or stunner strips on something on the more affordable side,if you want anything else, the price will go up.
     
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  4. xan3x

    xan3x Flamingo Tongue

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    I am new to hobby so i would like to have a mixture of corals and a clam.
     
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  5. cosmo

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    Then you'll need some good lighting. How much do you want to spend on them?
     
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  6. MinimumPhase

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    I looked into DIY and decided against it. I found that most DIY jobs look bad. Furthermore I'm okay with a few hundred bucks extra to avoid the headache of figuring out how to do it. I like the look of AI units, check out the upcoming AI vega coming out this fall (supposedly) for around $500 or radion if you have a pile of money to blow.
     
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  7. DBOSHIBBY

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    I believe they changed the name to "phoenix" on the ai light.

    Edit it went from the phoenix to the vega lol my bad
     
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  8. xan3x

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    what can i get for $300
     
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  9. MinimumPhase

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    98462 numbers on their own don't mean much!
     
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  10. CharlotteReefer

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    Im not a big fan of the Marineland fixture at all. I have a retro fit kit from rapid led and love it. Install was easy with the plug and play and the customer service was good and friendly. I hear good things about boost as well, I actually bought their controller....love it.
     
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