Newbie with a question about lighting

Bradc01 · Jul 4, 2017

I'm wanting to convert my fish tank to a tank for my bearded dragon. I have led lighting from rapidleds that you can control. It worked great for my saltwater tank. My question is would this lighting be good enough to use. The setup I have has uv lights on it. I know I would still need a headlamp with them since they don't get hot. Has anyone ever tried anything like this before?
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CooperDragon · Jul 5, 2017

LED can be used for visible lighting in conjunction with a good UVB light and basking light. I wouldn't rely on it as a primary light source though.

charmander16 · Jul 20, 2017

Yeah, in fact it can be great. As said, the LED lighting is only for ADDED lighting, you still need a UVB light and a basking light, but those types of tank lights can be really good. My only concern is if they are too blue. Do these lights look white overall or blueish? If they are blueish I'd shy away from those, but if they are "full spectrum" then they are great.

In fact I just bought the following, but haven't tried it out yet: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CMFFMS6/

Looks like there are actually a lot of good aquarium options, but again, need to shy away from light sets that are too blue.

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