The MOST Important Feature In An Aquarium Light! 

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I personally like the more natural light rather than the ones that put off a red hue.

I like a more natural white light, the pink/red hue all around the tank would drive me crazy. But the light does make the fish and plants look good.

Red and blues help plant growth! I start my seeds under special lights. I bet these can be used for seed starting too.

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Ives seen a few vids with tulio. And he's always carried himself so beautifully. And he always explains things in a easy to understand way

Didn’t realize so many people hated using an app for their light lol. I love the customization and will always choose a light that has that option now that I’ve been spoiled with it.

Favortie line in the video "Hey forget about it, lets go getta a slice go *Fart noise* yourself" was rolling....

I use Reefbrite on my saltwater tanks and refugiums, very happy and impressed by the light. As my wife and I are setting up a Betta tank, you just made our light choice very easy.

I just became a member and had been watching for a while. I just started my 1st 60-gallon tank, and I am ready to learn more.

Thank you, thank you, thank you! I took your advice and purchased one of these today and it looks spectacular and totally brought my tank to life in high definition! Love your channel and both of your knowledge!

Wait, I wouldn't want my tanks to look like any of those tanks tbh. The first has no color rendition that's true, but that pink overcast on the second is an absolute no. I use lamps in white daylight color with an amazing rendition of plants and fish colors. Also, sorry, but i find the apps, timers and customization to be very useful and good to have as an option.

Coming from freshwater to saltwater and now back freshwater I can say that Tulio is a treasure. I listened to so many reef podcasts with him as the guest and he is so helpful with his he knowledge he has. Freshwater is truly behind the ball when it comes to lighting and I’m glad to see us start making some good strides. Ordering the Lumi lite for my discus set up that is in progress.

11:05 - I LOVE that Fluval-app. All my tanks are live-planted, two-dirted, and all have lights costing between $100 & $300. I HATE two of those lights (Current Serene Sun) & am looking to replace them, one of the reasons is they’re so hard to program, the other because they flicker and at only a year old, don’t seem as good as they originally were. I’m Looking at your Luma & Aquarium Co-Op’s light…but neither have that app. So sorry, but if I’m going to shell-out another $300+ to replace my largest tank’s light, it’s going to have a stinkin’ app😅. In your next, rebranded-light, can you re-think the app. I’d totally buy it!

Thanks for this video. For me it is 3 things I need in a light. Grow plants, light level adjustment, & works with my home automation system. Most lights I tested would not come back on at the preset level, they always came back on at 100%. I found one that would always come on at that preset level. Now all of my tanks have these lights!! BTW, just waiting for my plant order to arrive!!

At 5:38 a random bag appears on the cart on the right 😂

I love videos like this. Instead of adding to the hype, they're just transparent and humble about the hobby.

I just stumbled upon your channel because I was educating myself on my new flower horn and you sir are amazing!

I use Hygger full spectrum LED planted aquarium lights on all my tanks and I've never been happier. My plants, fish and shrimp are doing extremely well. The only complaint I have is the power supplies need replacing every couple of years because they run at near their capacity. I'm thinking of getting a high capacity commercial power supply and running them all off of one.

I agree with you on the lights and what it does in and for my tanks. How does the tank look, how do my fish, shrimp, how well do my plants do etc. Look. I like a crisper whiter light, built-in control (timer, dinner, and multi-channel), and yes a long cord. Great video!

7:48 its a frequency issue on the older style lights too.

I indeed use the app to program day, night, and moonlight so I can set and forget. So much better than the Aqueon remote because I have a bunch of tanks and the remotes all interfere with each other. The app allows me to program each fluval independently and never touch it again.

SO agree about lighting being subjective! The most extreme example I can think of is the lighting on saltwater tanks. I ABHOR the blue lights most often used on saltwater tanks. It looks nasty to my eye, makes all the colors funky, no matter how nicely laid out the tank is. I've only seen a couple of tanks (thankfully, nicely laid out) actually use full spectrum lights, but I LOVED them! The colors were so great! When I finally got back into aquariums, I wanted planted tanks, but I had a 29g kit from Petsmart. You know the one. It has a very dim light built into the hood. So I bought crypts they also sold. Those thing grew great in that very low, very narrow light. When I wanted more variety, yeah, I had to upgrade the lighting, but that base light worked great for the crypts. I have a variety of lights now, none of them expensive or high end. And I have all planted tanks, some heavily. I just buy the types of plants that work well with the types of lighting I have. People really need to stop overcomplicating this stuff. LOL

Team kgtropicals another awesome video guys it's awesome that you are shipping plants now and those lights look amazing love all the content from the channel whether it's planting, scapes, water changes, lighting, livestreams keep up the great work guys see you on the next one!!🌿

I like the cheap hygger light with the sunrise and sunet mode, its nice when you have a bedroom tank it helps me sleep and wake up

Thank you so much for picking up the topic... It's super helpful for people like me...

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Another great very informative video John. Just ordered 2 of your powered sponge filters for 2 New 20L tanks. Along with some of your new plants. Hope they make it in the cold weather. Keep the Vid’s coming! 😊

You are definitely correct, anytime you ask about lighting in any forums, groups etc you will definitely get a million answers all saying different things and some very passionate responses as well. I've tried learning all I can about lighting because I love the look of a lot of live plants, but I tend to kill more than I keep alive. I will definitely be trying some of your plants too.

Thanks for this video, John. My new 48” - 54” Lumi Lite PRO is supposed to be delivered tomorrow! I might be a little excited about this thing!😊

You sold me on these lights! Ty

2:42 I like the green plants color better with the light 1. The red plants look better with the light 2. My opinion!

I can say with 100% positivity, I have a Fluval 3.0 as well and yeah... I not only don't use the app, I don't know HOW to use the app. I never downloaded it. I never read up on it. All I know about it is that it exists.

This is a great perspective ... I will consider it in my new set up...

I absolutely love your videos. Your honestly is invaluable with the bonus of your personality! Thanks for showcasing an item made in the USA. It's unfortunate it is kinda rare.

I like the app on my Fluval light. Without the pro setting I couldn't make my light recipe. And I really like what my plants are doing under that recipe.

Cool that you are selling your plants. Do we have to quarantine them after purchasing or can we just place them in the tank? Just a thought. Great video on lighting though.

I hope you realize that a lot of people do like app controlled lights. Setting a scheldule without having to muck around with idiotic and unreliable timers is amazing. Fine tuning the color balance of the light to suit your preferences and needs is also great. You made a whole speech about the reds being redder etc.. Yeah. You can do that with Fluval's 3.0. You can do that with chihiros and their app. You're unwilling to use an app to unlock the potential of your light, but somehow a button with many preset modes is great..? By the way; Is the light and all it's components made in the USA? Or is it just assembled in the USA? There is a huge difference. I'm willing to bet money the light is actually just assembled using chinese parts.

Sun up sun down feature is most definitely a must for me. I like fluval lights with app feature.

Oooohhhh… I have waiting for tropica plants be available here in the US… I just hope they won’t cost an arm and a leg 😅

I've had one or another aquarium set up since I was ten, so over 50 years. I've always liked tanks that look like you walked up to river or lake, sliced a chunk out and wrapped it in glass. Lighting had always been an issue. Starting off with incandescence that in order to grow plants you practically had to boil the tank, they were "hot hot hot". Then florescence came along, but was still a while before you could get $$$ grow bulbs. Then I discovered reef tanks and VHO lighting. But ballast $$, bulbs $$$X, and electric$$. Now we got energy efficient LEDs; lowering $$ in many ways. And now fully programmable lighting, dawn to dusk with color shift. But I'm still suffering from the same issue, I B POE. I have a 40gal tall I want to set up as a reef face tank, with LEDs today the lighting isn't cheap, but cheaper in many ways then the old reef/planted aquarium lighting.

I can't do the blue hue.... Maybe if it was and a light bleed box or something

You look good with the mouth stash

All i use is hygger lights. Good white led with a little bit of red and blue.

Thank you John

Would you consider doing a Hyger Vrs Luma light Pros and Cons video. If I recall I got into Hyger because of one of your videos. I would really like to see what you have to say on the subject.

I recently started to experiment with growing plants in my hang on back filters (the reason why i LOVE HOBs) and what I found is that the Great Value flexible 2 head LED Grow light at Walmart was exactly what I needed $15 it has a timer, 3 light settings Blue, Red, and the weird Pink mix of red and blue, 10 settings of dom and bright

There is ONE exception to the "special light" for a "certain fish"-glofish :) I don't particularly agree with the whole altering their genetics but they exist and are kinda cool under a blacklist than not under a blacklight,ya know?

Just realized you're wearing serpa design merchandise lol sweet!

Please tell me im not the only one that in the thumbnail saw the glee in John's eyes as he wielded what looks like a pink lightsaber, to go with his pink water sprayers ;P

When i first started keeping fish there used to be lights called grolux which used the red end of the spectrum. They made to me at least the fish colours stand out and the plants grow fast.

Hmmmm… people keep hating on the Fluval app. I like it. I like the versatility it gives me. I have 6 tanks and 6 lights run off of 1 app. Now I am extremely excited that your carrying Tropica plants!! 😊

They need to add a green channel so you can color balance. I find the fluval lacks in its ability to make deep colors pop, the chihiros wrgb 2 slim is my favorite. I really love the lights with an app But I can see how if you had more than 10 tanks it would be more difficult to use (I only have 6 tanks) .

Awesome! So glad you're selling live plants now. I've got to say, when you did the side by side comparison of the two lights on the ludwigua tank...I liked the other one. Not the yjhtsi light. Yjhtsi light was too purple and fake looking. I prefer all natural looking tanks and lighting. Is the purple just a camera thing also?

Thanks John 💕👍

The new plant room is stunning, love them.

Awesome video, I love the information on lights, I went back to old school lights , submersible and connected with suction cups, .. oh one question, how many plants can I put in a 20 gallon ?

Very informative and helpful video, thanks 👍 ❗️

This is amazing news!! I'll def be buying some plants soon. . 🤘🏻

Hey Buddi did you just see a real bright Light😂😂

Love these lights. Color so vibrant

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I love the adjustable lights....PS My Fluval substrate will be here early this coming week....can't wait to try your plants👍🐠

I wouldn't be able to sleep with that much rock sitting on the glass bottom of my aquarium. 😱

most important is timer and dimmer function

I agree with his spelling and keep my lawns too.

When it comes to planted tank lighting, Asians are a step ahead, I have no doubt that these lights will grow plants but the pinkish hue will steer a lot of people away (I've tried grow lights from GE, didn't like them) they gave my plants a very artificial look, and your are saying that these lights are not cheap up front, anyways I guess it's great news for people that like how they make the plants look, and are willing to pay the price, if I could afford an expensive light system I would probably go with ADA or Chihiros but that's just me.

This might be a dumb question and I apologize if it is. Can an aquarium light stress out your fish? I specifically have black and white skirt tetra at the moment with the intention of adding some neon and cardinal tetra

Yo, you going to offer these lights on your site in the larger sizes soon? I'm moving in a few weeks, and I've just been given permission to have the basement... the whole basement. Going to need some serious lightning!

Very cool! But running MOST lights at 100% = ALGAE!!! Appreciate all ya do.

Bro Excited about your plants!

My main two items. How it looks and timers. I like the set it and forget it. The Hygger lights have a simple timer and no app.

Not a fan of the purple hue. Maybe I’d run them when we are not in the room if it helps the plants grow better but white light looks better in my rooms setting.

What? No kitty helpers? 😻

The fluval light has interesting weather effects that really add to a natural feeling of a tank. Nothing beneficial to the fish but I rely on the app for automatic timers and schedules.

Live plants in a aquarium is the way to go ..all natural ..best look my opinion ✌🏻

I just give him light when I'm around on so I can watch it but I leave my window shade open the so they have some kind of light I'm not going to waste electricity on fish

Watched your other video. Ordered the hygger light you recommended. Is this light any better for beginners? Have multiple plants I just started.

Hi guys I’m new to your channel and fan base. I love your videos and I have learned some amazing tips and tricks for wanting to start my very own first freshwater aquarium! So I have Quick question that anyone is welcome to answer from the community. I am currently a flight attendant I travel a lot and I’m gone from 2-4 days at a time. I live alone & wanted an easy first pet to take care of. I was thinking about getting fish because they are so beautiful and quite 😅. What is your best recommendation for a beginner Fish keeper like me that can hold there own for a few nights. And what do you guys think about automatic fish feeders? 🙏🐟 Note: Additionally, I do come home and stay home for 4-5 days at a time maybe even more. I just wanna make sure I don’t go on trip and come home 4 days later and they’re all dead. From either starving, ammonia in the tank or fish aggression. 😊

Hi there, where did you get the low, wide tanks in the first shot of your video?

Which lumi light pro would I use for 39 gallon bow front?

I use the Fluval app. Nice to have an option. 👍

Looks like YJHTSI to me. Also, those look like severum but I don't know.

Hey there ive been watching yalls channel for a while had have Betta tank of my own. My Betta love his plants and im wondering if yall could start selling DuckWeed. And my Betta is in a 10 gal so Tell Lisa that im taking care of my betta.

YAYYYYY...I'm so excited

My gold fish get scared when I turn on the aquarium lights so I turn on a lamp behind the aquarium then the aquarium lights then they are happy!

👍😎 Does it have the ramp up and down feature? I like that.

I have a current usa marine orbit ic on my 90 gallon peacock tank i love it

Great info as always.

Ok, totally off topic, but can anyone tell me what that wood is in the background of the cichlid tank in the beginning? It doesn't look like the driftwood I usually see in these vids and I really like it. Looks like a branch fell off a tree into a river! Beautiful!

Yarh... plants from Denmark 🤗

Another plant source!!!! Yeaaaaaaaaaah🥳

I bought a brand new aquarium recently but the light is built into the lid so I cannot get a custom light for it like the Fluval one with bluetooth.

Who uses an app for a light? A lot of us. Programming a schedule and intensity is great.

What’s the par at 12 inches of dep?

They look nice, I wonder if they help red plants grow. I've struggled keeping them alive thus far.

What's the kickback on that puppy

Will you still be carrying the Hygger lights? I see you're currently out of stock on all sizes.

Wonder how these compare to the Chihiros lights. They certainly seem more affordable