LEDs for Planted Tanks

I'm using a 3 bar National Geographic LED on a planted 46g, and my amazon swords are going crazy. The light has both white and blue LEDs, can be used as white only, white/blue, or blue only (moonlight mode), and has a timer for both day and night settings.

The only plants I had trouble with was the dwarf hair grass. Everything else is doing fine - anubias nana, amazon swords, cardinal plant, red ludwigia, java ferns, and El Niño ferns. Just added some water wisteria for the bichir to rest in, and it's taking off well too. The smaller plants get pulled up regularly, but have healthy roots and new growth.

I'm not sure how my LED compares to the one you're looking at, but my plants are growing. I've had this tank running for close to 3 months now.

My bichir is a Senegal, still very small. I've had them before, and they're very easy to keep. No small fish tho! And no bettas.

I use a 10k/Actinic LED from aquatraders - I Like it blue. the plants don't really care about color temp - it's what satisfies your eye/

I don't know if I over looked it but I didn't see any tech specs anywhere

I'm using the same LED over my 75g. I have Amazon Swords, Crypts, and Java Fern; all doing well. I also have a Senegal Bichir.
Anyway, the NATGEO LED fixture is very similar to the Aqueon expandable LED fixture, both have 3 bulb capacity only NATGEO gives you all 3 and Aqueon gives you only 1.


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