Fluval Plant 3.0 LED Planted Aquarium Lighting, 32 Watts, 24-34 Inches

Out of all the light systems I've tried, these are probably the most convenient and configurable of them all. I recently purchased a Fluval Flux tank. After playing seeing all the things you can do with the included light system, I made the plunge and replaced all five of my aquarium lights with Fluval lights.Pro's:*Easy/Highly configurable. You can set your lights and color any way you like or use the built-in presets.*Super bright! I've had to tweak my lights often to avoid algae growth, but my plants are going crazy.*The warranty is three years on their lights!Cons's:*The iPhone app is slightly quirky and could use some work. It's just not as polished as other smart lighting apps out there. I find certain features like export custom settings confusing. Not to mention you can only export to lights of the same type. If you have Grown Lights and Aquasky lights, you cannot import-export profiles across light types even if you want a similar effect on both.*I have an iPhone and Ipad. The lights seem to work best when you only use one device to configure them. I've had issues, particularly when I rename a light, the second device will lose connection with it, and you have to re-add the light back to the device.*You cannot group lights or configure similar lights together. I have two lights in my Fluval Flex tank. I have configured each one separately. It would be nice to group them and control them both at the same time. The app treats each light individually.*You only the ability to create one routine per light. It would be nice if you could configure different patterns per day of the week. For example, I have a tank in my bedroom and have the lights come on at 6:30 am on weekdays. I sleep in on the weekends and would prefer the lights to come on around 8 am. I've installed separate smart plugs (Kasa), that turn on the power to the units at 8 am on the weekends.*No integration with Alexa or other Smart systems. My entire house runs on Smarthings; it would be awesome to update the app to integrate with 3rd party applications. I have two tanks in my living room; it would be awesome if I could tell Alexa to turn off the lights when I want to watch a movie. Depending on the Fluval model, I have to pull out the app or hit the button light itself.*Occasionally, the lights will ignore the routines. I've run into a few instances where the lights should be off based on my configuration, but are still on. When I open the app and connect to the light, it suddenly re-syncs and continues where the routine should be.I realize I have lots of Cons, but they are mostly issues with the app itself. Fluval has the basics right but could enhance the app a bit. The light units themselves are great, and the ability to program them on a smart app makes them best in class for the average hobbyist.

Ive had a planted 29 gallon tank for about a year and my plants were growing very slowly. And as they were growing getting taller I would notice the bottom leaves all of my plants dying. And this cycle would happen over and over I got so tired of seeing my pants fail I purchased this light. I was using a $40 hygerr light off of Amazon and it just wasn't cutting it. After having the fluval plant 3.0 running just a couple of weeks all those dying leaves started to grow again. I noticed less algae and more and more sprouts of new plants coming out of the substrate left and right. What a difference this light has made. I will never cheap out on a plant light again!!

This light did more for me than any other light I’ve had! The plants def love this light!! Each picture is only 2 weeks difference between eachother! A month in total.

I purchased the Fluval Plant 3.0 LED Planted Aquarium Lighting to replace a failing Beamworks fixture. The latter used warm white LEDs for illumination. Compared with the Beamworks fixture, the Fluval fixture in the planted aquarium mode provides more vibrant coloration of the fish. I mounted the fixture from the ceiling using some of my existing hardware together with Fluval mounting clips (part no 14565) about 4 inches from the top of the aquarium. If the fixture is set on the top of the aquarium, it always will interfere with access to the aquarium and elevating the light provides better light dispersion and thus better illumination of the tank. This will reduce light intensity. The only mounting option that comes with the light is for directly setting the light on the tank. The aforementioned mounting clips are sold separately and are intended for mounting the light to a wood hood. The clips are made of flexible plastic and come with two wood screws and washers. The app works well but is only Bluetooth. Of course, this means that one needs to be close to the light to control it. Further, in the event of a power outage, the time defaults back to 00am. This not an issue if you are home, but if you are traveling this could be a problem. A work around is to allow the lamp to complete the set schedule, turn it off and then turn it on at 00am every day. The timer must not be impacted by the power failure. I use a Neptune Apex for this purpose and thus far the light has performed flawlessly. Power to the fixture is provided by a 24V driver. I dropped the rating on the light because I think that the clips should be provided with the lights and because of the “clock” issue.