Finnex Ray2 Aquarium Day/Actinic LED Light, 48-Inch

This light is considerably better then the HO T5 fixture I was using. Its been about 2 months now and all the LEDs still work. I'm very please with the light except for the fact that I cant switch it to just have the actnic (blue) lights on. Its either all on or all off.

I have had this light now for about 3 months. As far as the light output goes this fixture has the best value I have seen yet. It lights up my tank better than the power compact or the dual T5 fixtures I have had. It is also is slim, cool running and uses less power to run. After more than 10 hours of running this light I can still grab ahold of it with my bare hands, it feels about the same temp as a heated blanket, on a cool night it would almost be nice to give the light a hug.

Now, why 4 stars instead of 5? A few reasons, none of which are major issues. One of the LED bulbs blew almost immediately, only one out of the over 300 bulbs doesn't make much of a difference in the lighting. I would like this light to have either a 3 way switch or separate switches for the daylight/actinic. A minor issue to me, but for some maybe not, is that the legs that come with this do not fit on the sides of my tank. The gap in the clamp is too small, or the walls of my tank are too thick. I prefer to think the clamp opening is too small. I rest this light on a hood, so the clamp size doesn't matter much, but it would be nice to be able to see what I am doing during water changes when I have the hood off. Lastly I wish I could get a dual 10,000k. I wonder why you can get 50/50 10,000k/actinic, but the dual daylight is dual 7,000k. Still not a real big deal because the 50/50 lights up my tank just fine.

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It took a few months for my fish to come out of hiding. something about the extreme brightness? I don't know, but when I first turned it on, they all ran for cover. (african cichlids)

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I read the reviews and saw that a few people said they lights don't work. I took a chance and ordered it

and wouldn't you know it the light did not work. I think Amazon should stop selling this lights until the

manufacturer can produce a better product.

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Let me start this review by saying that I *really* want to like the Finnex Ray2 lights. They're pretty bright they reach all the way to the bottom of my simple 55gal, and have a nice 10k/actinic color mix. The beams are pretty narrow, so unless you're able to hoist these up a bit away from the tank (the included canopy legs aren't tall enough) you'll probably need two bars for full front and back coverage maybe more if your tank is wider (mine was 48" wide by 12" deep).

The biggest problem I have with these is... well they're not built well. I picked up a 18" for my smaller 12g marine tank a while ago and that one also had the shock problem, but honestly I couldn't find another brand on Amazon that did LEDs with the same brightness that the Finnex's provided. So I threw the dice and picked up the 48". The 48" are far worse than my 18".

There is a rocker switch on the side to turn off the lights. Now, imagine that the lights are turned off and you touch the top of the light (the silver, aluminium part). The LEDs flicker on and stay on for as long as your finger is touching the light only at around 5-10% of the total brightness, but you also feel that "tingling" feeling in your fingers. I figured that maybe I just got a bum light and asked Amazon to replace it. The second one I got didn't turn on at all.

I wish I could provide some insight into coral growth and general tank health with these lights, but I haven't been able to keep one running long enough to find out.

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