How are you lighting your tank?

[E.intheC]

3 systems

Ext 170
59×30×21
2 Photon 50's

Ext 50
30×24×16
3 gen 5 xr15's

RS170
24×20×20
Photon 24

Which setup do you like the best? Pros/cons for each?

 

[Yanir34]

Display tank : ATI power module 10×54w

Lps tank : Radion XR30 blue gen 5

This comment is with attached pic with my wife's phone

 

[EliMelly]

I have a 5x2x2 and Switched from 3x Radion XR30 to 2x ATI Stratons. Love the footprint and sleekness of these units, most importantly ZERO fans!

Has great PAR but even better spread as nothing beats the actual foot print of the light source (why T5 was so dominant).

Tons of white LEDs too which are 5W each but max driven at 1.5W. So you can run as blue or white/amber as your tastes desire.

Don’t mine my UV propped on the tank. I have dino PTSD

I have a smart way of hooking up the UV in the 750 let me know if you want it out of sight!

 

[EliMelly]

I have a 72 inch tank, I currently have 3 XR30 and have a mixed reef sps dominant. I’ll add another once the tank gets more full!

 

[X-37B]

Which setup do you like the best? Pros/cons for each?

I like the Radion ab+ and the color it gives. I ran them on my 80 growout for over a year.
The Photons are nice. App is simple, color good. Only had them for 5 months. They put out alot of par if needed. Time will tell but I have good growth on all 30+ corals and the sytem is only 5 months.

 

[buruskeee]

I have a smart way of hooking up the UV in the 750 let me know if you want it out of sight!

I usually have mine in the sump, but I needed it to pull water from the DT as it’s the most effective way to eradicate Ostreopsis. I haven’t takes a slide of my water recently to see if they’re gone, but I’m just leaving it to pull water from my display for another couple months before returning it in my sump to plumb in line with my return.

 

[EliMelly]

I usually have mine in the sump, but I needed it to pull water from the DT as it’s the most effective way to eradicate Ostreopsis. I haven’t takes a slide of my water recently to see if they’re gone, but I’m just leaving it to pull water from my display for another couple months before returning it in my sump to plumb in line with my return.

Ah ok! Smart.

 

[buruskeee]

Ah ok! Smart.

Yeah, it’s a huge hassle - especially when I have a controller board where everything is ziptied! It’s another reason why I haven’t moved it yet haha. I had my Stratons sitting in boxes for 6 months before I listed the Radions for sale and was forced to remove them from my tank because of the sale lol. It took me 2 hours just to remove three fixtures. Drilling into the ceiling and putting up the new lights was a breeze in comparison.

 

[that_boy_fini]

Photon 32

 

[Frags 2 Fishes]

For our 375 gallon store display we went with a combination of 3 Neptune SKY and 3 Kessil 360x tuna blue. The SKY give a very T5 type spread and coverage and the kessils give us the shimmer the sky's are missing.

Since the SKY are discontinued I would probably replace with either 6 XR15s staggered or 3 XR30 and the Kessils.

Pictures are from about a year ago when we set it up.

 

[427HISS]

3 165w ViparSpectra
2 Halos
3 54w 48” T5, antinic, blue plus, purple plus
180g 6ft
$800

Man, I'd love to have your tank for $800 bucks ! lol

 

[WhatCouldGoWrong71]

96x36x25 display
4 - Reefbrite 250w MH
4 - 48” twin bulb T5s
8 - XR30s (4 blue/4Pro) w/ high intensity lenses

 

[djf91]

72x54x30” display.
4 x 400 watt radium 20k metal halides
2 x 4 bulb 39 watt T5s
2 x 36” Fluval LED fixtures

 

[Chris Spaulding]

60x24x24
1 Illumagic Blaze150
1 Reefdelight 60" NicoBar white pop
1 Reefdelight 60" Nico Bar UV pop

96x24x24
4 Neptune Skys

 

[bobnicaragua]

72x18x25 SPS tank
2 Orphek OR3 bars
2 T5
3 250 watt 20K metal halides and 2 Reefi UNOs down the center.

 

[E.intheC]

96x36x25 display
4 - Reefbrite 250w MH
4 - 48” twin bulb T5s
8 - XR30s (4 blue/4Pro) w/ high intensity lenses

Save some lights for the rest of us

 

[WhatCouldGoWrong71]

Save some lights for the rest of us

I’m still working to get the rack that is supporting all this madness to be functional in a way where it provides easier husbandry.

 

[Z Burn's Reefing]

75 gallon
2 x 250 watt Radium Metal Halide
4 x 54 watt T5 (blue plus and actinic)
2 48 inch Orphek Blue Plus Bars

 

[Sold4jc7]

36x24x16
3- Reefi Uno 2 Pros with 120° reflectors
2- 36" Quanta Meso Blues

 

[bobnicaragua]

36x24x16
3- Reefi Uno 2 Pros with 120° reflectors
2- 36" Quanta Meso Blues

Not quite completely mature, but kick butt tank!