THE GOODD, I've now had this light for just over 2 years. It is on my 48" salt aquarium. Super easy to install. unbox, adjust the extenders to your tank, plug in and set your timer via the remote. The light is great and the remote controller is fantastic to set your on and off time. You can program all three colors separately. So a delayed ON-TIME and then a delay off time to mimic natural daylight. With the blue light you can fade to moonlight for an hour or two before gong dark. I set this up twice and never had to worry about turning my lights on or off again. THE BAD: the light power cord has an easy separator as most LED's do. when i clean my tank unplug at the separator and stand this aside. After about a dozen unplugs the prong in the separator is sensitive as to whether it makes the connection. SO, FOR ANYONE that experiences a FLASH when you turn it on and then nothing this is why. The light still works, don't toss it!!!!!! You may need to play with the connector or wiggle it a bit and it will be good to go. I lost power once and had to re-program the timer and it took me about 10 min to make the proper connection. but it came back and never had to touch it again. That is the only flaw I find, but I may have bent the connection prong myself. I use it over the HOOD plastic cover and also have a glass evaporation barrier under it so it really gets no condensation like others have mentioned. I would buy this light again if needed. It is a great light otherwise.

This is a great light for the purpose that it has it's own built in timer and can switch from daylight to moonlight effect. That's a great advantage to give your swimming pets a more normal light schedule. However, the major downside to this unit is the fact that there is no battery backup built inside the device. This would save me from several headaches having to change the times on the light device constantly after any kind of power outage. Really wish this feature was built into the device. Either that or some sort of battery powered backup adaptor was available to purchase as well.

I have had this light for a very short time, and I am very careful with all my aquarium lights so I am not sure what to say about this problem. I got this tank lights and hoods and stand as a package deal. I have a 48 inch hood with my setup.

My third try at this deeply flawed product. Beautiful idea with the sliding LED units but quickly--within two months--fluttered and then quit working. Took everything apart to try to dry things out and reassemble, but too corroded. This should be built with the expectation of water vapor and condensation. But not. Deeply disappointing.

Bought the Advanced LED 48 just over 6 months ago and the controls stopped working. When the unit is plugged in all lights go on but I am unable to set any of the on/off times. Frustrating since I paid the extra money for the built in timer. So when I want to turn it off I have to unplug the unit and I can no longer use the blue led lights.

I got the Marineland LED strip lights and only after 12 months STOP working

I have 3 of these lights ; two longer models and one short. I love all three. I used to have issues with algae and also with my live plants. I was not very diligent with manually turning the lights on and off at appropriate intervals. Since switching to these timed lights both of those issues have been resolved. My plants flourish and I actually have to add algae tablets for my snails to eat because it no longer grows enough in the tank for them to eat. The timer/clock is super easy to set. Very durable and resistant to moisture and mineral buildup (from evaporation). The only complaint I have is that the settings need to be reset every time it is unplugged or there is a power outage. A battery backup would be nice.

We loved it until it stopped working. I thought as expensive as it was it would last longer.