Smatfarm G6 light reviews? Alternatives?

[kyreefville]

Of course I set it up and re-read the manual days later.

Per manual chnnels
A 14000 cold white
B blue plus being 450, 455,460
C blue purple plus 430,455,470
D purple plus 410 violet, 420 purple
E green plus 520 green
F red plus 630 red

They say daylight simulation is a95 b95c95d85e20f20

After more tinkering I moved it to 8” off water for best coverage without light spillage, and 45,45,45,40,10,10 which is near true daylight by their recommendation but cut at 50 % power.

Really pleased with color and brightness my par is around 250 8”-9” below water in center. And I have capacity to turn it up for more demanding future corals. I even figured out the remote basically an off on and change between modes button.

I don't have a filter so it's not that purple or blue in person my blue walls aren't helping. Only purple coraline on rock is top right hand corner with the green algae also showing. I guess this is telling me that stuff (be it good or bad) is starting to grow on the rest of the rock and just not visible to my eye yet.

 

[Dburr1014]

After more tinkering I moved it to 8” off water for best coverage without light spillage, and 45,45,45,40,10,10 which is near true daylight by their recommendation but cut at 50 % power.

Really pleased with color and brightness my par is around 250 8”-9” below water in center. And I have capacity to turn it up for more demanding future corals. I even figured out the remote basically an off on and change between modes button.

Is this the smat farm?
What's the spread 8" above water to the bottom of tank? What tank size?

 

[kyreefville]

Is this the smat farm?
What's the spread 8" above water to the bottom of tank? What tank size?

Yes Smat farm G6-140 watt. This is an odd tank being 54g Corner so it's deep. 29' wide at the top at it's widest opening. I'm using a phone/app in a bag with little space to move around. So I really can't get the details you are wanting. When you see pictures above you'll see what I mean.

 

[kyreefville]

A few weeks into the smatfarm G6 lights, my only light envy are the setups that allow individual timers for each channel. For example being able to start up with more blue in the morning and then increasing the white channels as I moved to full daylight.

 

[Dburr1014]

A few weeks into the smatfarm G6 lights, my only light envy are the setups that allow individual timers for each channel. For example being able to start up with more blue in the morning and then increasing the white channels as I moved to full daylight.

Ah, they don't allow that?

 

[kyreefville]

Correct smatfarm can control sunrise,sunset, moon time, and you can set each channels % power. The sunrise ramps up the channels to that set %.

 

[KLandry]

Smatfarm 140w G6 is AMAZING 6 channel light. I have a ton of growth in 2 months. I’m blown away. Beautiful shimmer and tons of new color and did I mention growth. Acro, montis, hammers, zoas, softies a 75g display with 1! right now, I can’t wait to get my 2nd one. No wifi or other fancy bells and whistling. You get sunrise/sunset and moonlight all adjustable with some pre loaded programming. I am still working it up on power. Now at:
Ch1 2% CH2 84%. CH3 84%
CH4 82% CH5 4% CH6 3%

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[KLandry]

Hey all so I’m trying to get some reasonable lighting for my 200 gallon tank with out spending 2k on lights
So i came upon the smatfarm. G6 lights decided to try one out from amazon seems really strong program looks easy linking looks easy
My major concern is will it grow sps lps corals like a big name will

Amazon.com

Get em if you don’t need app control before the price goes up anymore!

 

[CrashTestBennie]

Yes problem is it’s a 3rd party site was hoping to buy on Amazon to avoid return issues

Popbloom rl90 is what I got. I ordered it through Amazon and love it. It has a great output. I run it at 30% for 150 par.

 

[CrashTestBennie]

Hey all so I’m trying to get some reasonable lighting for my 200 gallon tank with out spending 2k on lights
So i came upon the smatfarm. G6 lights decided to try one out from amazon seems really strong program looks easy linking looks easy
My major concern is will it grow sps lps corals like a big name will

Amazon.com

I just bought a used AI Hydra 32 for $200. Man does it put out some light. My current mount is only 9" above water surface, so I have to wait for an 18" mount to arrive before I reinstall it...they have more and will ship.