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Monday, January 21, 2013

Marineland LED Aquarium Hood 30x12
LED hoods
With so many on offer these days, it is great to have a name you can trust. This item is certainly that and will be a perfect buy. The distributor have added some great touches and this equals great value.
You can trust this review, i hope you can try to buy this product and then you know this product good or no. Next time you can make a review for another people.

Not Impressed...
In general I like the clarity and brightness of LED lighting, but I have to admit that I am not sure whether I can say I like it in the fish tank. My old flourescent hood provided a warmer light than this LED hood does, even though the mixing of blue LEDs in with the white was meant to tone down the light. I do like the night or "moonlight" mode which just uses the 3 blue LEDs. This offers my fish a good transitional period between day and complete dark.

At first, I really liked the low-profile look of the hood. I thought it was kind of cool that the whole hood hinged upwards when you opend it and attached directly to the tank instead of just resting on top of it. I quickly came to the conclusion that is not a very cool feature. First off the condensation on the underside of the hood races to the back and runs off. For the most part, it just goes right back into your tank but if you have an over-the-back filter, that means you now have water all over the top of your filter...

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Just What I Needed For The Price
I own two 29 gallon aquariums (30x18x12)and had been using a flat glass versa top and putting a standard strip light that you could pick up from Wal-Mart for under $10 as lighting. I replaced the standard 24 inch bulb in the light strips with Aqueon T-8 Full Spectrum Daylight Fluorescent Lamp bulbs. I used this approach because I was worried about evaporation and glass versa tops hold in water pretty well. This hood does a comparable job, perhaps allows a bit more evaporation. I purchased one of these hoods and instantly decided to purchase another after seeing the difference in lighting.

My 29 gallon aquariums houses juv. African cichlids of various species ranging from dwarf Mbuna to piscivore Haps and these LED lights really pulls out their color. I had to cut out more room in the back of the hood to allow for more "hang on the back" filters because my aquariums are, from a technical standpoint, "overstocked".

LED lighting is in my opinion much better than the...
Very nice does what it should, Day is super bright
I needed a new replacement lid, light set for my standard 29 gallon tank.

I bought this without even knowing it had a night mode. What a great surprise! The night mode lets me see everything without disturbing the fish, and helping any night fish.

The day mode is super bright. Way cleaner and brighter then the florescent lights of the past. My only wish was either a separate plug for the night, or a built in timer, to switch the two. I have used my simple DIY skills and added an extra cord. I then plugged into two separate timers to get day and night modes.
Marineland LED Aquarium Hood 30x12
Product Features :
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Rating : 3.5
List Price : $76.99

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