Aquarium Lightings, Buy LED Lights & Fish Tank Equipment Online

Aquarium Lighting can play as an important role of the life support of any aquarium as much as the feeding or water quality. Aquarium lighting is now available in many different forms although the most common is of course the standard aquarium fluorescent bulb with starter. These are sometimes built into the aquarium hood or added as a separate item with separate aquarium light starter unit. Aquarium fluorescent bulbs are available as either T8 or T5. T5 is much higher output and powerful source of fish tank lighting and most kit aquariums now come with T5 lighting as standard due to the excellent benefits higher output lighting brings not only to reef and planted tanks but to standard fish aquariums too due to the brighter natural fish colours the stronger lighting produce. Fluorescent tubes for aquariums are available in range of different colours and spectrums to suit the particular aquarium set-up.

Other forms of lighting include high output Metal Halide lighting which gives a powerful source of lighting to the aquarium and creates a stunning shimmer like effect on the fish tank water. These are usually used with planted or reef / coral aquariums which require the more intense lighting in order to photosynthesise and produce foods which help them live and grow. Without adequate lighting most aquarium corals and plants would simply die. Metal Halide lighting is also available complete with Blue actinic fluorescent tubes which help with the extra spectrum needed for most coral environments as well as timers and other extra features on the higher end models.

The latest range of aquarium lighting has to be High Output LED lighting which has really caused a stir in aquatics. LED lighting such as the Aquaray AquaBeam or AquaRay Tiles produce a very high amount of lighting without producing hardly any heat or using too much electricity – a common problem found with Metal Halide lighting. Furthermore, Aquarium LED lighting also produces the much sought after Shimmer like effect on the aquarium if the surface is disturbed – which look amazing in any reef type aquarium environment. The Aquaray lighting range come with its own MMS Modular mounting system which allows you to choose and piece together a system to hang the lighting over the aquarium. Or you can simply choose to bolt the lighting to the underside of the aquarium hood / canopy.

If your adding a light unit to an existing aquarium or piecing together your own aquarium set-up and have decided on using normal fish tank fluorescent tubes then Overtank Luminaires especially from Arcadia are a very cost effective, neat, tidy and smart way of illuminating your aquarium. With built in reflectors, no messy controllers and wires everywhere – the OT2 range of Over tank Luminaire means lighting your tank has never been so easy. Arcadia produce the Overtank luminaires in the most popular OT2 T5 range, T8 type overtank luminaires or for a very cost effective range the Classica type of Luminaire.