New light for my aquarium

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Arctic Fox

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So I originally had an old hood with two lightbulbs that I used to use when I had a lizard in a tank when I was younger, so when I set up my new 10g aquarium recently I used that same hood for my fish for a few days but it was making the water in my tank too warm so I bought this sweet new light called the "SATELLITE Freshwater LED" by a company called current. It's cool because I can switch between blue and white light, or customize the lighting by kinda meshing the colors by adding more white or more blue light, and even has cool different modes like lightning mode and stuff. But anyway, my question about this light is will it provide enough light for the plants in my aquarium?
 

ROYWS3

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was there any data included? Did it say anything about wattage, lumen output or PAR. I clicked on your link and there is no info. there at all
 

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was there any data included? Did it say anything about wattage, lumen output or PAR. I clicked on your link and there is no info. there at all

Drs Foster and Smith have this device at http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=26107 . they give PAR value of 28 @ 18" when it is set for yellow (probably a minimum PAR since most plants ignore yellow. i assume the 6500K leds were on for this measurement). the product data sheet doesn't say anything about par or power output, except that the dc power supply is rated for 12V @ 1 - 2.5 amps (12 - 30W).
 
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