Beamswork FSPEC Aquarium LED Light Freshwwater Plant Extendable

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theklrdude oo - 6 years ago

it is probably a knock off unit from ledco !

Salim Sebat - 7 years ago

No remote?how do you adjust the brightness?

Simply Betta - 7 years ago

Thanks for this beamswork review, I've decided not to try one

Jake Iapichino - 7 years ago

Have you tested the DA FSPEC? After looking at forums ive seen that it gives medium light at 16" about like 40-50 PAR

madmax13326 - 7 years ago

did you get the light from eBay or Amazon? The same seller, Topdogseller is peddling these lights and thus far I have already purchased 2 of them with the same issues, when asked if there was a retail packaged fixture, from what I gather the plain brown box is all the fixture comes in.

naldjb - 7 years ago

Hi, Im have been looking for a proper light for my 24x16x14cm 23gallon tank... can you recommend me the best led light you know? not to expensive but enough for carpet plants to grow nicely... currently have a Deebow D143 led light 7500k with 10watts and all my plants are melting :( i really hope you can recommend me the proper light or atleast you can tell me what wattage should i look for my 23gallon tank.... thanks in advance

kye88 - 7 years ago

The led light you have uses led chips of 2835 which are decent leds. I have a PLL tube on one of my tanks using the same led chips and easy penetrates to the bottom. 24X16X14'' you mean? so most likely the light you have is sufficient. Plants melt due to a number of reasons usually because they can't adapt to the water conditions or you are giving them too much light with not enough nutrients.

Ryan Jones - 7 years ago

Have you tested the "Et" led light from beamsworks? Would like to see the par on that light!

Jim The Hammer Shapiro - 7 years ago

I trust watts and bulb type more then any labeling schemes that they come up with.

Jayden G. Marrero - 8 years ago

It's flexering because the mode makes it seem like if clouds are passing over

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Rub Mez - 8 years ago

can u make a review on this light Cory
Beamswork DA FSPEC LED Aquarium Light Pent Freshwater 0.50W

Lunar - 6 years ago

varanidguy I have the one he reviews on the video and the DA light on one tank. Its not that bad with lighting just DA is just better

varanidguy - 6 years ago

I can second Lunar. I'm running the DA FSPEC on my 40 breeder, took the risk since posting this comment. It's been working great, providing medium light. You could double up on it and provide high light if desired for high tech setups and still save a considerable amount of money compared to the competition.

Lunar - 6 years ago

DA is MUCH MUCH MUCH BETTER. It's nice and bright

OneDrop Bass - 7 years ago

Third

varanidguy - 7 years ago

I second this person from one year ago.

AquaLady 420 - 8 years ago

Great vid, new subbie here.

Reynaldo Zamora - 8 years ago

Will this keep my red plants red or will they lose color? I have nutrients and pressurized Co2 but will this light keep them red or make then even more red?

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

If you wanted them to appear more red, you'd use a light that has more of a red spectrum in it.

Reynaldo Zamora - 8 years ago

So just throwing a question would you think this light would be good for a 2 gallon long planted tank?

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

Might be a bit much, but probably.

Makho Shergelashvili - 8 years ago

hello,

I'm going to buy Lights for planted aquarium:
ET 6500K 0.50W LED Aquarium Light Freshwater Plant Beamswork
Did you know about it, it's good?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/112007294402?var=410947941431

yaoming yen - 8 years ago

will you do a test on the ea 90?

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

At the moment, no plans to do that. I need to unload these lights I tested already. Or get them to send me a free one to test.

gimmytube1 - 8 years ago

I own this light and have never seen any flickering nor had any problems with it. I think you might just have got a dud.

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

+gimmytube1 could be. Important part is I got the par reading :)

Jared Granger - 8 years ago

i wonder if beamswork is just using different suppliers and that is why there are two types of packaging. i would assume beamswork would understand the marketing issues that would create but maybe not.

Jared Granger - 8 years ago

+Aquarium Co-Op yeah. probably the case

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

+Jared Granger well since there is only 1 importer and they arent meant for retail store maybe they dont care.

Jared Granger - 8 years ago

I've gotten three beamswork from amazon, top dog sellers, and all have come in the plain cardboard box. mine have been fine so far, two are multiple colored leads, and one is white 1watt emitters witha few blue.
I think you got a bum light. I'm sure they will send you a new one.

Laura - 8 years ago

I apologize for buggin your channel fyi! Just wondering what youd recommend for a light on a 20g hex- ive been watching your light reviews - and see your preference for finnex stingrays - but a hex is a weird shape- the top obviously cannot support a 24 or 48" light. LEDs seem to be the way to go. Wondering if 2 finnex clip lights would legit light the depth of tank for low light - low tech plants?

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

+Laura do wither the 16 or 20 inch stingray on it. Whichever will for your hex.

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Aquatasy - 8 years ago

Good video! Seems like the Beamswork lights are wildly uneven in quality. Some of their lights are excellent and some leave much to be desired. I just bought the Beamswork LED Pent 24 6500K aquarium light (apparently targeted at freshwater planted aquarium use) for my daughter's 20gal tall and so far we love it. In fact I'm considering buying another of that same model for my 20 gallon tank. All the lights are white. It has a high setting and a low setting. The high setting is super bright. Stong enough to grow even the most demanding high light loving plants. So far we haven't noticed any flicker. But since buying that model we've read reviews for other models that are less than favorable. I can't understand why a companies products would be so varied in quality.

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

Yeah, companies try to compete on all price point levels which leads to all quality levels.

Nikki G - 8 years ago

Man you can buy a aquaneat on ebay for $25. And it works better and skinnier.

AquaLady 420 - 8 years ago

thanks. gonna see how this holds up. If nit, gonna try aquaneat.
Hey, do a video of your tank!

Cody Hatchett - 8 years ago

Thanks this was a great video. we have a few on some tanks in the fish room that flicker a bit mainly because of the way they use that little head phone jack style of a plug that kinda wiggles. The old Hi lumen ones used to be great for small planted tanks brightness wise but they discontinued them unfortunately.

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

Thanks for the input. Helps others know it wasn't just me.

jesse pace - 8 years ago

do a par test on a 48 inch quad 3 watt snakeeyes beamworks fixture at 18 inches deep=) Maybe asking to much lol

Brian's Opinion/Comments - 8 years ago

Thanks for doing these and your honesty

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

Gotta show the bad stuff if you expect people to take your word on the good stuff.

Aquatic Hobbyist - 8 years ago

are you reviewing all the popular eBay lights because I'd love to see some other par data and some side-by-side comparisons

Aquatic Hobbyist - 8 years ago

+Aquarium Co-Op can't wait to see the rest of the videos not everybody can afford expensive lighting and it doesn't seem like there's a lot of information on the eBay lights even though they are readily available and new models come out yearly

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

I'm not doing all of them, just some that were requested.

Naicly Media - 8 years ago

Hey I think it would be cool if you started a fb group for your fans to talk about fish. Like a forum :)

Naicly Media - 8 years ago

+Aquarium Co-Op ah right thanks ;)

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

I feel like there are so many forums like that already. I'd want to do it different somehow if I did. I already own a local forum and shelldwellers.com etc.

yaoming yen - 8 years ago

Nice to know. Thanks!

JediSuPhu - 8 years ago

Do you have a link to the better Beamswork light you said had 28 PAR?

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hGaSRhKGns

Lawrence Bader - 8 years ago

So I just spent about $90 on a Beamswork 48" DA 120 6500K and its timer. So far so good. It works well. It has the blue light setting, but no red or green lights...
So, will this work for growing plants??? That was my intention, but only after ordering it did I start to learn that it may suck at that.
Trying to learn what is needed and what works from the internet and from Youtube is just too damned confusing. For now, I try to grow some Java ferns and Java Moss, plus some Wisteria. Gonna use Flourish Excel and liquid CO2. Thinking of ordering your liquid fertilizer spray also.
Any thoughts or advice would be appreciated! Thanks!

Lawrence Bader - 8 years ago

+Aquarium Co-Op Thanks for the info. I'll stop double-dosing then! And I will order your plant elixir also!

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

Rex Kwon Do!

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

That light will work fine. Flourish excel and liquid co2 are the same thing. I'd recommend not using that and just using something like Easy Green I sell on my website. It was designed for this exact situation where people want it to be easy.

The Fish Closet - 8 years ago

I have both the 36 inch and the 72 inch version, no complaints, grow java fern just fine. but I don't have a PAR meter.

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FishBoys - 8 years ago

my wife INSISTS that the new LED christmas lights flicker. but i can't see it lol. i've asked a few different people and it seems like some people can see the LED flicker and some people can't. she wears contacts, whereas i don't have any glasses or anything--so maybe it's something to do with that?

Brian Rodgers - 8 years ago

absolutely they flicker. 60 cycles per second here in the USA

Ruben - 8 years ago

Can the flickering be the power supply try another power supply from the other Beamwork light. The Fspec for what I see at there web site are the 10000k models. They have others that are rated at 65000k for plants. Thats weed the you got different box design. Thanks

John Zimm - 8 years ago

Thanks for doing these PAR reviews. I am looking for a mid priced lamp for my 10 gal. What PAR should we be looking for, for a medium planted ( low light to mid light plants) or more non co2 tank?

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

+John Zimm buy a finnex stingray if you want build quality or a beamsworks ea60 if you want to aave like 10 bucks.

Ebay Guru - 8 years ago

well.. that video should save someone some money and buy something else lol ... what a load of rubbish great review my friend

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

+Ebay Guru yeah. Pretty dissapointed in this light.

IFG - 8 years ago

I think one is a knock off dude

IFG - 8 years ago

+Aquarium Co-Op yes i know, from amazon. i used the same link.

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

Both are direct from the importer which is aquatraders.

IFG - 8 years ago

I have the same light, and i agree.

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

Yeah unfortunately.

Bengal Ghost - 8 years ago

Hey, Cory. Does the flickering mean it's warming up? It seemed to have gotten brighter after the PAR test towards the end of the video.

Bengal Ghost - 8 years ago

+Aquarium Co-Op; Thanks. Keep on tanking.

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

+Thomas Eng possibly. But leds dont typically do that.

MELODY MUNRO - 8 years ago

Maybe you bought a cheap chinese rip off?...too many things different...look at the set up directions -that will let you know for sure...

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

+ORANGE FISHHEAD i bought direct from aquatraders. They are the sole importer of beamsworks lights into the country.

P0HTAT0 - 8 years ago

It's good to know you are willing to let people know the truth about things being complete piles. It does make you think though what a company was thinking when putting out 2 products in the same price range but a clear night and day between the two.

P0HTAT0 - 8 years ago

you never know they may have just made a ton of them and just haven't sold out yet...

Aquarium Co-Op - 8 years ago

+P0HTAT0 yeah. I think this light came out a year or so before. But they ahould just discontinue this one.

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