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	Question about Miracle Hi Beam Lights
CeltGirl Enthusiast Posts: 170 Votes: 0 Registered: 08-May-2004	Does anyone have any experience with these? Are they as good as they claim to be? I'm wanting to use them to illuminate my betta tanks and by the description seem to be about perfect. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
Toirtis Mega Fish Posts: 1260 Kudos: 529 Votes: 6 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	They are toys..they don't 'enhance colouration' or anything else...they are expensive fun for the aquarium owner, and that is about it.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
FRANK Moderator Posts: 5108 Kudos: 5263 Votes: 1690 Registered: 28-Dec-2002	Hi, Using your title, I looked them up on the web and I'll go out on a limb and say that I would be concerned about the brillance of the light in a small tank. Many fish prefer dimmer light and with no plants for shade (either floating, or something they can rest under) you might over stress the fish. Bettas are not a very active fish and I suspect that they would fall into that category. Frank -->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
CeltGirl Enthusiast Posts: 170 Votes: 0 Registered: 08-May-2004	Thanks for the replies! I do have plants in the tanks- primarily silk, a few hardy real ones- so there would be places for them to get away from the light if it annoyed them. Maybe it would be better to place the lights outside the tanks?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
JTF Enthusiast Posts: 245 Registered: 16-May-2004	I would spend the money on something useful. They do nothing to enhance or benefit your fishes enviroment.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
CeltGirl Enthusiast Posts: 170 Votes: 0 Registered: 08-May-2004	Well, what would be good to light multiple betta tanks while using only one plug and not taking up too much room? These are the only things I've found so far that seem to be what I;m looking for.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
Toirtis Mega Fish Posts: 1260 Kudos: 529 Votes: 6 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Perhaps several of the mini Azoo lights plugged into a powerbar?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
CeltGirl Enthusiast Posts: 170 Votes: 0 Registered: 08-May-2004	Nah, I need something that'll take up the one plug I have left in my surge protector strip. That's why I was considering these lights.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
Fish_Tank Fish Addict Posts: 860 Kudos: 940 Votes: 1 Registered: 13-Nov-2003	they'll light up the tank, if that, and thats about it, if your betta tanks are next 2 each other, you could just get a strip light long enough to cover wll the tanks prob be cheaper. they are fun though......
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40
CeltGirl Enthusiast Posts: 170 Votes: 0 Registered: 08-May-2004	A light strip long enough to light up 4 tanks costs a lot more than the hi-lights.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:40


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