hygger Clip On Full Spectrum Aquarium LED Light

 i have this hygger on my 3 gallon and one of those cheap sub 10 dollar aquarium lights on my 1 gallon tank next to my 3 gallon. is like the hygger is 1080p while my 1 gallon with the cheap light is like 420p. i have a huge chunk of rose quartz in my 1 gallon and i can’t even tell it is pink because of the yellow cast on everything in that tank!!. this hygger light is making my water lettuce grow really well. my pennywort loves it too and repens is doing well. the algae growth on my cheap light is also getting out of control while my hygger tank looks clean enough. if you have a smol planted out tank i think this light is enough for medium high, medium, and low light plants. there is one plant in the tank thats not absolutely thriving but thats my fault for getting a mixed mystery plant package from someone off ebay without telling them it’s not for a huge deep tank. i think i am going to use the cheap one elsewhere, maybe a baby fish fry tank as it creates alot of algae for the fry and other things to pick at.

I rated this 3 stars due to several issues I’ve hard with my light, though I wish there was half stars so I would give 3.5. When I received the unit the buttons on the controls were extremely hard to press in order to change through modes or turn on. So hard in fact that my hands hurt trying to press it. The only way I was able to remedy this defect was to press it with something hard and sharp, which then left an indent in the controls and then made it easier for me to press it with no issue. I realize my light was probably the odd one out with this issue. The plastic screws that hold it up are extremely hard to twist into the holes of the base or out of. This also hurts my hands. I wish this light didn’t cause so much physical pain towards me. It also doesnt have a timer like the large Hygger I have on my 40 gallon tank, in which you can press the button to phase through the cycles of the day. The timer is self-paced so you have to set it at whatever time you need it to accordingly because it only has 3, 6, and 9 hour timing options with no way to skip through different phases of a 24 hour cycle like my larger other model does. This is something that I really wish this model had. Nonetheless, it’s a beautiful light, and Hygger’s products are usually of very top quality. There are just a few quips I have with the way this model was made, but it still serves as a fine bright light for planted aquariums. Hopefully others don’t face the same issues.

I have a 14 gallon rimless cube that I got this light for and it is great, however I did have a couple issues with the day and night setting on it, the day time lights will only come on if you also set up the night time lights, the tank is on my bedside table and I was afraid the night time lights would be too bright to sleep through so I only wanted the day time lights, it took me a couple days setting up because I couldn’t figure out why the day time lights weren’t coming on, but you have to set up the night time lights as well. Other than that putting it together and setting it up on the tank was extremely easy, one more thing I wish it came with some kind of rubber gasket so that the screws aren’t sitting on the glass. Other than that this light is pretty good for the price.

I love this light and timer the only thing that kinda sucks is you can’t adjust the blue and red lights like other lights I’ve had. Other than that it is a great light and great color.