lighting

Good morning everybody. As per title i am running an AI prime 16 hd on my evo. As soon as the lightnis turned above 35% intensity across the blues and violets my LPS hates it and harldy open. My purple torch loses colour and the polyps start turning white. Had the torches under the prime for 3...

I’m looking for a par meter to borrow or rent. My 2 lfs unfortunately doesn’t have one and the other didn’t even know what one was. I live in Corpus Christi Texas . Just kinda throwing out a line. I really don’t want to buy one for a one time use thing. I also don’t know if I can afford the...

Used for couple months and upgrade to radion come with redsea mount: 210 shipped

Breaking down my 120 SPS tank (will post other items in separate posts). For sale here are 4 Radion XR30 G5 Pro’s used for less than a year, and all will ship in original boxes. The RMS mounting rail systems were purchased March of 2023. The lights were so much overkill for my shallow tank it’s...

Looking for some opinions Waterbox 150.4 (48.2" x 25.3" x 21.7") Looking to be able to keep a bit of everything in a true mixed reef, as time progress potentially transition to more of an SPS/Acro dominated tank. Looking for an opinion on which would be best for spread and par (3) XR15s or...

Hey Everyone I've been out of the hobby for a few years. And I just put my new build on order a Waterbox Infinia150.4 (48.2" x 25.3" x 21.7"). I'm looking for some recommendations on what to run for the lighting. I would like be able to keep and grow a little bit of everything, and as time...

First, I need light recs for 100 gallon (58 x 21 x 21) Neptune cube that I bought used. I cannot spend a ton, but would like to be able to grow all types of coral down the road… My other question is, how would you get around positioning the lights, if you don’t want to mount them? I have these...

Shipping not included, will ship out. I have 5 Kessil A500X used for 1 year $400 each I Kessil 1 dongle $40 Kessil 35 degree lenses $15 each 5 available 48” Ali express led bars with custom Orphek led bar color combos. I ordered them to match every bar Orphek has. I have 2 of each 16...

Hey everyone! I’ve done a lot of research on lighting and par values but still feel a little lost. So I’m seeking help from you guys. Are these par values ok? How does my light cycle look? Would it be ok to add in a few more hours of moon lights at night? Info: Currently using the WWC 100g...

Parting out my reef - used the radion g6 blues at 30% intensity for several months but still in perfect working condition. Have 2 for sale, local pickup only at $650 each in Rockville Maryland (willing to drive a bit to meet up). I'll throw in the mounting kits if you purchase both

Hello all, I am new to the hobby and looking for recommendations. I have a tank that measures 36x20 and is 22 tall. I am looking to grow soft corals and possibly hard later on down the road. I am looking to see what lights are best for cheap. I am looking to spend 200-300 dollars US. I know this...

Selling my 36 inch T5 light from Aquatic Life. Works fine and replaced bulbs about 3 months back. Local pickup only, no shipping. $75. OBO. Currently using it alongside an actinic accent led bar that is “Populargrow” branded. They work well together and willing to add it on for another $25.

Hi All, I have for sale a brand new, never used Maxspect Jump MJL-165 Blue light. I had planned on putting this over one of my cube tanks, but decided to go in another direction. I opened the box only to take the pictures below.Selling it for $210 shipped. Thanks, Rishi

I have a biocube 32 and trying to know if the stock lighting is good enough for softy and lps coral i was looking at steves led light upgrade trying to see if that would be a good move or if i would l be fine with stock lights

Got a new tank I’m setting up and need a pair of xr30s gen 4- gen 6 please. Thanks

Hey everyone, my dad and i are breaking down our systems, and getting rid of our stuff. just have another hobby taking over honestly. We have ALOT of things we are selling. and will try to keep the list updated as stuff sells. all i ask is please no lowball offers, and message if truly...

I have had a fish and live rock only tank for about a year with a corallife light on it (not the right size for the tank). I am looking to get more into the coral game and am wondering what my best change for a rookie lighting fixture would be? Looking and hoping to spend under 300$ but would...

Just setup a 12 gallon JBJ AIO for a coral tank and to grow out some coral and frags. This will be LPS and softie mainly. What light do you reccomend for it I am not looking to spend much but I would like it to have a timer and mount. The guy I get coral from has a AI prime with the mount he...

I have 1 Radion XR15 Blue Gen 6 for sale. Does not have a mounting arm, just the rail mount and a magnetic light shade. $300 shipped

I have 2 Radion XR30 Gen 4 Pros for sale. Does not have any mounts. 1 does have 2 blades missing off the fan(pictured below)but still fully operational. Nothing wrong with either light. $275 shipped for broken fan XR30 OBO $300 shipped for other XR30 OBO Want both? Pm me an offer!

I have a Biocube 32 that the hood LEDs died in and I decided to scrap the hood entirely and go with a single Nicrew 50W. I’m pretty pleased with the light it gives off but unfortunately now I am faced with mounting issues. The light comes with a standard mounting arm (how nice, I don’t have to...

Radion xr15 gen 6 blue come with rms, I loss the box for both during my move and rms come only with 1 rail that could fit possibly most tank. Light only been use for 1 months at 25% intensity. 400 shipped for both

Anyone have any recommendations? Everything I see only talks about channel 1 & 2, but the literature has you set channels 1-4. Says I believe to go up 1% a week until desired, but am trying to get a guestimate on a level I'm shooting for.

Hello I’m considering switching my viparspectra lights to Smatfarm. The vipar is just so bulky and mounting them is always super annoying. I wanna stay budget friendly on my lights while having my corals still thrive. They’re doing fantastic under vipar so I’m nervous to switch. Should I stay...

Hi All, I wanted to gauge your opinion if my 2 x Ai Prime 16HD's are enough for my tank. It's a WaterBox Infinia Frag 125.4? So it's 295L/78 Galon + SUMP and as it's the frag it's only 16.1 inches tall. I upgraded from my previous tank to the waterbox 3 months ago and all corals and fish...