UNBIASED Twinstar E III Review 

Awesome video, would be cool if you did a split screen comparison between the 2 lights too. So we could see them side by side on the same tank.

Just picked up 2nd hand 900 E this afternoon, it's the adjustable one. I paid €50 here in Ireland. It's practically new too! Absolute bargain! Really happy with it. Looks amazing.

I think the most noticeable thing between the old light and the Twinstar on the planted tank there is probably the actually depth of colour, not just the extra brightness. It defo gives a lot more definition to the plants. Nice one...

The 600E is $154 here in the US as well! It is much cheaper than is used to be.

It's a very expensive light, but it's clearly added more depth to the tank. It's like going from SDR to HDR on your telly.

The Archer Fish paladarium looks great. Tiny “pinhead” crickets crawling around on the plants above the water would make the Archer Fish’s spitting instincts kick in, it’s the motion that triggers them. I’d try not feeding them for a bit then put in the “pinhead” (tiny baby) crickets and get ready to film!

Thanks for showcasing this light MD. It's good to see what the next level up can do for a tank and when you have a few examples in your room it will be a good example of the differences in growth, fish appearance and overall design that people can aspire to. You've done such a good job with budget lighting and materials that I'm sure many of us with a variety of budgets feel they can get into the hobby, which is the point of your channel.

I think you should have mentioned the fact that the chihiros has an app controller, for wrgb, and dimming, while the twinstar does not. The Chihiros is also overall a bit stronger in comparison when it comes to lumens/wattage( at full power).

Md making a video about a twinstar light has brightened up my day? 😲

Looks good. Lighting is one thing I haven't really invested in tbh I've done OK with what I have but know I could get better results with upgrades. My fish seem happy so I am too.

I started using Hygger 97x series lights on my tanks. They are RGBW also. Plus they are less than $100US for the 4 footer. The 97x version works with my home automation system!

I'm so happy you chose to do RU-vid MD :)

Remember the time when you had to replace t5/t8 bulbs every 6 months. It cost me like 15€ for a 2 foot aquarium each time. The prices of even the most expensive leds seem low in comparison

love all your builds. you should do a peacock gudgeon and pseudomugil rainbowfish tank

great light! i don't have one yet but i am seriously considering it for a nano guppy tank.great content as always, thanks for the video!!

the twinstars our one of my favorite lights. E series is great S is beautiful! The S even has more Greens added

Looks like a great light. Those colours look fantastic. Thanks for the insight MD. ❤️🐠🦐🐌🌱

beautiful room, can be a place of therapy. extraordinary...

Can you do a video comparing this light to the Fluval 3.0 light? That would be really informative

I love everything you do man, such an inspiration lots of love and appreciation for you

Your Chihiros can literally be controlled by an app to change that "green pop" you're referring to. You can adjust it in 1% increments across the entire spectrum to change your colours like it's a white balance. You could make the Chihiros colours match the twinstar exactly. Or go for something entirely different.

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Your commenting is fun. Love the green algae covered rocks on the funny gold fish tank. Your tanks are an inspiration.

How the hell do you get the plants to grow so healthy and full WITHOUT ALGAE and no co2 / filter. It will be really cool if you can give your lighting lumen/hour per day, macro/trace dosing amount, and type of substrate for the tetra tank. Do you clean the algae before the video? I don’t get how you get such a clean tank with so healthy plants

You can get budget wrgb lights at the same price you pay for APS Pleds and work pretty well. I use nicrew ones and quite happy with the results.

I have just purchased the Twinstar 600S 3. Blown away with how good the colours are especially reds. Fitted the dimmer as the light on 100% is way to powerful. Set the dimmer up following Jurijs tutorial to simulate day time/dawn/dusk and hands down the best purchase I have made in aquascaping. Algae has seemed to of disappeared also, Looking forward to your scapes using these lights and especially when you do your hitech scape. Awesome as usual MD 👌👌

$200 plant light, $0 found in the dirt box cutter. Another MD fish video, Priceless!

If the lighting works the same way LED televisions work, the RGB diodes do produce white light together but combined they will still be dimmer than a regular white diode. So having all four diodes will let you produce the full spectrum of light needed as well as keeping it bright.

I aslo have this light i wouldnt keep it no longer from 8 hours its super strong

Just got the 300E (30cm) $95 US, Twinstar dimmer/timer $21 colors are amazing on my little cube.

Camera totally picks up the colors on film- wow!

I’ve got a Nicrew clip on light. It only has White and Blue lights. To make it RGBW I bought a box of Quality Street and ate the Green and Red ones. 😅

Give Nitlea AT series a try if you have the chance. This aquarium light performs admirably.

I wish I can afford one of those lights! they look great and the performance is outstanding, best regards from Costa Rica!

Always get excited on your posts.

Love cinematic MD! Miss all the extra shots and stuff. We know you're a busy man but I enjoy seeing your directorial flexes. First found you through the Fluval 3.0 review, if you're curious

The water box wizard strikes again.

Great videos, you've inspired me to get my own 100L tetra gungle tank. Keep up the great work

although i'm a big fan of keeping things at cheap/budget cost It's cool to see how far a higher tech setup will go

I will use both Twinstar B and Twinstar E to simulate, sunshine, daylight and sunset. With minimum automation involved.

it's ok to go high tech. don't let these people put you down. All of my 6 planted tank runs CO2 with either Chihiros wrgb2 or Twinstar S/E series. I cannot run one without CO2 and good lights!

Pretty sure it would be fun watching MD open his Christmas presents…😂😂😂

Just makes my day better when you up load ♥️🤞🏼🐠

Just get the Lancia WIFI and customize your own light spectrum.( cheaper option)

I don't think I'll ever figure out lighting. My 20 gallon fully planted tank grows plants amazing but my 5t with a budget plant light off Amazon struggles. The 20gal is a kit tank from Tipfin so just a few LED bulbs and the other has the same ratings as the Fluval plant light...

edit and show side by side under both lights.

“If your going to sell it in my country” ha ha ha got a little American there, MD!

I'm assuming there are red, green, blue, and white leds. They don't just use red, green, and blue to make the white. There are separate white leds. Maybe??

Would be very very interested in your thoughts about Fluval Planted 3.0 vs the Twinstar E.

Can you even get this in the UK any more? I need a new 60cm light and this one seems to be sold out everywhere. I really like the aesthetic on this one.

I like the molded in height stands 👍

Love the vids from malta

Nice comparison. MD, I was wondering if you can do an update on all of your shrimp tanks. Also, if you can do a video where you feed all your tanks. Thank you!

I have one exactly the same except it is a 300E, costing me S$180.00, but the quality is there.

What you need to do is a betta tank. A 4-8ft betta community. I mean tons of female bettas and a couple males. Heavily planted tons of hiding spots. And it would be amazing to see if you have luck with it. I've seen a good number of people have had luck with all betta tanks with atleast 2-4 males. Depending on the size of tank. This cant be done in anything smaller than 4ft tank. And with a 4ft tank I'd only have 2-3 male bettas. But atleast 20 females. They look truly amazing. And trust me there is something amazing about seeing bettas breed.

The white in rgbw makes more pastel style colour

My hobby has come down to my genuine interest in your lighting 😂 I mean it’s important even if I’m a huge nerd eh?

after watching the video with the chihiros i went with that over twinstar, mostly for the app control, bit cheaper aswell

Dear MD, I’ve just got these and I think they are great for tanks with plants growing out like your peace lily Maybe it’s something you could try on one of your aquariums.? Thanks 🙏 YoYo Adjustable Grow Light Hangers for Hydroponic Grow Tent & Grow Rooms

The plastic sides scratch. Very easy. Be careful !!

Hey MD, have you used Flourite? Constant clay dust, even after washing and tryng to contain- welcome your thoughts! I've done a few aquariums now- thanks to you and other over the pandemic. Fantastic videos!

On my way to buy a twinstar!

Why couldn't they design this Light with an adjustable attachement? There is no size that would fit on my Nano tank, same problem I had with the Chihiros!

Hey MD, been following the channel for a while now and I was wondering if you could help me out - I have a planted tank with bamboo for my dwarf frogs. I set up the tank a few weeks ago and it started off fine but over the last few days I've noticed the plants are all wilting/melting. I don't really know what the problem is. Tank was set up with the following: gravel base, root tabs on top where I'd be planting the bamboo, sand on top. Bamboo planted right into the sand as a background plant (again with the root tabs beneath them), and some tank ornaments in the front. I have a TopFin filter for a 3-5gal betta tank, and a 75W heater to keep the tank at around 76 deg F. I know bamboo can be planted either fully submerged or partially submerged with the leaves poking out of the top of the water, so I don't think I planted it incorrectly, but something is definitely wrong and I don't know what to do... Edit: The one thing my tank is missing is a light. I placed the tank by a window thinking it would get enough natural light but in the US because its winter we aren't getting much light during the day, so it *could* be melting due to a lack of photosynthetic activity, but thats really only a guess. I don't know if that would cause wilting/melting.

great review! i can totally tell the difference in colours between the twinstar and the budget light. Does it work with an app and wireless?

Great video mate i am learning a lot

Yes

Merry Christmas MD

So, this light don’t work for a high tech o medium tech aquarium?

Yeah I just got the fluval 3.0 I don't really like how yellow everything looks

What’s your best technique to bring out the reds in your plants. I also don’t use co2 booster. I have the fluval plant lights.

How does this Twinstar compare to the Chihiros wrgb pro you have? If the difference in price evident in the power and colour rendition ?I have a Twinstar 450E on my 45cm nano but contemplating the Chihiros wrgb pro for a new 60cm.

Hi MD, nice if I could get his light in Australia, also didn't you have 3 archer fish? Your vids are excellent keep the content coming.

Would you recommend the ONF nano light or the twinstar E series for UNS 30C?

Which of your Vidios is best fro information about substrate bags and what substrate to use

Hi MD I love your video's, I am just doing a black water setup. What paint is best to use on the rear glass? I was going to paint black but don't know what paint to use

I'd really like to know what that initial "budget" light on the goldfish tank is. I'm looking for an OK light with tall legs like that

Can you make it longer?

You think these are good? Once you try out the S series, you will know

More MD let’s goooo!

Would the jungle light from the grow shop work ???????

Hi is api accu clear safe for red cherry shrimp

Hello MD please make a shallow tank

Is gorilla glue gel safe for shrimp

tyvm

love it! Big fan!

I have a question about algae.. Im getting a lot of that brown algae on my rocks I used as scape. It's what we call Florida rock in my area. Its white and looks like coral.(Limestone maybe) I want green algae to cover them like the goldfish tank. Will this happen or does the brown over power and won't let anything else grow??? Also wouldn't mind some hair algae...

Very cool

Nice 👍👍

please tell me what camera do you use

How you like it compared to chihiros?

Can you give me the link where you set up the no filter neon tetra tank? Thanks!

how do you keep the water in your tanks so clear? i feel like mine are hazy

looks like the twinstar is a waste of money compared to the chihiros the difference was dramatic just saying it looks obvious but for now im sticking with the budget flood lights & some ebay jobs but yeah i think from what i saw you should have been more critical not sure if the camera lies but it doesnt impress me at all

Why do you prioritise currency with the dollar and not the pound when you live in the UK and are English?

🎉🎉🎉 Just wondering: what’s your full name? Thanks for the great content!

Nice

The new light looks great but you may want to either change the "Kettle" lead it a UK one or change the adapter for one with the ground/earth pins. I would hate for your next video to be about your studio burning down. P.S. I am NOT going to come over there and commit arson! Just thought I'd say that just in case! LOL! 🤣🤣🤣

Awesome

Which one IS better the twistar E III or the chihuros wrgb 2 pro ?? Somebody knows It ??