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The quality control of the TC420 digital LED controller has been slipping ever since 2020; it's to the point now where changes to my approach and product offerings must be made. One of the main selling points of this controller was its ability to have a full menu of preprogrammed cycle and intensity level options, giving you, the end user the ability to follow a seasonally adjusted approach which could mimic the natural cycles of any tropical or temperate biome.  I normally ship each TC420 with 4 different light cycles (11, 12, 13 and 14 hours) with 4 different intensity...

There are several types of unusually shaped aquariums that make really nice vivariums (half moons, pentagons, hexagons, etc.) but finding lighting that looks like it was made for these tanks (that grows plants even "ok") is a big challenge.  That's where custom made light panels come into their own. Here's some examples that show how challenging a good lighting solution can be: To fit this tank with a top that includes vents, misters and then effective lighting can challenge any vivarium designer.  So a very unique lighting layout was just designed for this type of aquarium which looks like this ...

I think everyone with a "glass box" knows what it's like to have inferior lighting at some point, usually when you first get into the hobby.  The most obvious symptom of this is having colorful bromeliads that "green out" once they've been under inadequate lighting for long enough. I had this problem for a number of years when running stock, off the shelf lights from the local Big Box pet store.  Those were all based on under powered T8 and T5 florescent tubes.  I switched to the store bought LED lighting when it first became available in those same stores,...