My first use of LED lights for my vivs was using cheap LED floodlights. They did an OK job of lighting up the vids, but I wasn't getting much, if any, plant growth with them (probably wrong spectrum).
After that failure, I tried using one of those red/blue LED panels used for indoor gardening. I'm sure the plants loved that light, but I had to get rid of it because my frogs would hide from it. As soon as I turned it off, my frogs came out of hiding.
Now I use LED "bulbs" from Josh's Frogs. I use one bulb for my 12x12 vivs, two for my 18x18 vivs, and four for my 36x18.
Learn from my mistakes with LEDs
Re: Learn from my mistakes with LEDs
I just wanted to update my post to plug Josh's Frogs LED bulbs. It's been a little over 3 months and I'm getting a lot of vegetative growth from my broms, pothos, tropical ferns, orchids, begonias, etc.
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Specific model? Wattage?
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Philsuma wrote:Specific model? Wattage?
Josh's Frogs Green Gro LED Bulb (13 Watt) - $27.99

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I am seriously intrested in getting these but not sure how many I would need for a thirty gallon horizontal would two be enough or do you think I would need four? They seem pretty dang bright
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Call Todd Goode at lightyourReptiles.com
He is usually very happy to talk lighting.
He is usually very happy to talk lighting.
http://www.facebook.com/dartden
http://www.youtube.com/user/DartDenForum/videos?view=1
https://twitter.com/dartden
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana".
http://www.youtube.com/user/DartDenForum/videos?view=1
https://twitter.com/dartden
"Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana".
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Awesome thanks phil 

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