Need opinion on 48" Marineland Reef Capable LED Fixture

I am looking at buying a 48" Marineland Reef Capable LED Fixture
THis is going to go on a 110 gallon tank i am setting up now.
I plan on doing a FOWLR a maybe some soft coral down the line.

http://www.petsolutions.com/storefr...system/prodMarinelandHighOutputLEDLights.html

My tank dimensions if i remember correctly are: 48wide x 20 high x 18 deep

Would this be adequate amount of light.
Anything else in this price range of under $400 you would recommend
Thanks
Kevin

 

I am going to follow this thread. Have you tried boostled yet?

 

If you are doing a FOWLR, if you plan on going full reef you are going to need two of them. They have some penetration but no spread. I know of an LFS that had to put two on their 90 gallon reef to get the spread from front to back.

 

I've seen alot fo complatints about those lights lately. I guess they burn out & LED's strings die and what not. I personally do not own one, but I would definitely say make sure you so some research on here & on google before making up your mind.

 

One of my customers put one of these "reef INCAPABLE" lights over his 24 gallon JBJ nano cube that was populated only with low light requiring zoanthids and mushrooms. He loved the look so much (with the glitter lines like a MH) that he sold his old power compact hood. Here's what happend;

1) Some zoanthids turned brown. Other zoanthids turned brown, and then died.
2) The mushrooms doubled in size but not in a good way. They are trying to maximize surface area to get light. They were also no longer laying on the rock. They were stretched up into the water column to try and get closer to the light. They basically looked like funnels attached to his rock.

He came into the store yesterday and I have to try and find him a replacement hood because everything grew fine under power compact lighting.

Great for fish. Not so great for corals. Note how the packaging gives you the rating in lumens. Well, the lumen reading means diddly squat to corals. They obviously didn't want to post PAR or PUR ratings for a reason.

 

Those tank dimensions you posted I believe are the dimensions for a 75 gallon tank, if my memory serves me correctly.

As for the light, don't waste your money. I've seen numerous posts about this light, people complaining about leds burned out constantly. Not to mention my LFS has one and I touched it one day and about needed a skin graph when I got done. They run extremely hot, which explains the leds failing. Plus as others have stated, they have terrible light output.

If you are somewhat handy, a DIY led light is the best value, and there are several posts here that can help u get started. If you want to buy a ready to go unit, I would suggest boostled.

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I have heard that Marineland is having problems with the transformer for their 4 foot LED. They are supposed to be working with the manufacturer and getting it resolved in a month or two.