Clamp on LED for Refugium

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Anybody have any recommendations for a clamp-on LED light that I can use for my refugium? I had a cheap LED fixture on my fuge for the last few years and it finally stopped working.

My fuge area is probably 16" long, 15" wide. I keep Dragon's Breath and Chaeto and don't think either of them were fans of my previous LED fixture. I think they were getting blasted with too much light; neither macro colored up to what it's supposed to be.

Thanks!
 

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Tunze Ecco led
 

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Following as well!
 

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FWIW... I've been using a $16 clamp on light from Amazon (LED Grow Light, Aceple 6W Desk Plant Grow Light with Flexible Gooseneck Arms and Spring Clamp for Hydroponic Indoor Planting, Potted Plants, Garden Greenhouse https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01CE7CTGY/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_REanyb7EAX2DE)

...and have been having phenomenal growth. The softball sized chaeto ball pictured has tripled in size in about 2 weeks and I have to trim back every week now as my CPR fuge is totally full. I was skeptical at first, but now I'm blown away that a cheap light is doing the trick. Thanks guys, my .02.
 

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I had a clamp on light fixture from Home Depot and a 18 watt grow light from Amazon but I couldn't get my cheato to grow at all
I've heard that you have to have it moving in clockwise or counter clockwise rotation I used a variety of power head and couldn't get it to move around
Is it true or can I just move it around myself manually,
I light that Tunze light
 

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My chaeto has never been able to spin or turn on its own. I just flip it once or twice a week. No dead spots or lightening. I've been surprised because I've always read that it needs to tumble.
 

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