Birdsnstuff Posted January 1, 2023 Share Posted January 1, 2023 (edited) Hi there! I have a planted 20H with a 24-36 Current Satellite Led+ set to the preprogrammed purple tint. (makes my crypt redder 😉 ). I also have a 15L with a 18" Optibright.  I want to set up a 10g betta tank and move the Optibright to that tank. I've picked up a 24" Stingray recently and I'm trying to decide which of my existing tanks to put it on. Would the brightness of the Stingray be better on the 20H? My 20H has ancient flora max substrate, low - medium plants, and no CO2.  15L has an ancient arkansas dirt with gravel substrate that I recently added about half of inch of sand to for my Habrosus Corydoras. Similar mix of plants and no CO2. The Val is shooting runners left and right but they haven't gotten very tall yet. I just did a trim and root tab so I'm hoping everything will start growing better soon. Edited January 1, 2023 by Birdsnstuff it was a little spacey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadMax8 Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 I’ve got a StingRay on my 20L and it works amazingly. I can’t really make a comment on the color, it looks good to me but I can’t speak for you! I’m growing low light, low maintenance plants. I would imagine in a 20H you’d have some good results. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nabokovfan87 Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 Welcome to the forums 🙂 If the 20L is doing well, I would leave it and let it do it's thing. If you see issues, then look into changing or adjusting the lights. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rube_Goldfish Posted January 2, 2023 Share Posted January 2, 2023 I would suggest that if you put the new Stingray on an existing tank, don't change anything else (stocking, feeding or fertilizer schedule, etc.) for two weeks or so; that way if anything goes wrong or right you'll have more confidence to know it was the Stingray and not some confounding variable. But generally I'd want the brighter light on the taller tank, because light intensity falls dramatically with water depth. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Birdsnstuff Posted January 5, 2023 Author Share Posted January 5, 2023 After a very short trial I decided I didn’t like the super white light of the Stingray over my phantom tetras in the 20high. It washed out the females and made males see through. Very strange. So I went back to the Current Satellite LED plus. Maybe that rumored ACO light might be the ticket….😉😆 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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