40 Breeder Lighting

Rhino · Nov 24, 2021

I have been out of the hobby for several years, trying to jump back in. Lighting has changed and a lot of brands floating around.

I’m starting a 40 Breeder that will strictly be softies and LPS (heavier on softies).

With current sales looking at the following:

ATI Sunpower 36” 4 or 6 bulb fixture.
2 x AI Prime 16 HD’s
32”Reef Breeders Photon V2

Any opinions or recommendations? Looking for growth and overall health more than pop. Seems the ATI blue plus is the color spectrum that everyone compared these LED fixtures too. Also want something that’s quiet and doesn’t have lots of fan noise.

X-37B · Nov 24, 2021

I like the sunpower 6 bulb.
I have a giesemann 6 bulb and it will grow anything.
3b+ & 3c+ is what I ran.
Now it sits in the closet but will be doing a 40/40 Soon.
I may run OR3 light bars instead of the T5 unit.
You could run 1 blue sky and 1 reef day in your system. Each OR3 bar is equal to 2 T5's.
Light bars have no fans and are top of the line leds, imo, and im a halide guy.

kittenbritches · Nov 24, 2021

I really love my Maxpect Razor X 150. I bought it to go over my 40B, and when I upgraded I was still able to use those lights on my new tank. The color mix, programming, and spectrum are all fantastic, IMO. I've been very happy with them.

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Maxspect Razor X 150w LED Lighting Fixture (28" - 36") - Maxspect

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jt8791 · Nov 24, 2021

I see a lot of people running the 24” reefbreeders on 40 breeders so you might not need the 32”

CryptoNautical · Nov 24, 2021

I have 2 Ai primes HD's on my 40 Breeder, and I'm able to grow SPS. Plus I like the coverage of 2 lights

jgirardnrg · Nov 24, 2021

jt8791 said:
I see a lot of people running the 24” reefbreeders on 40 breeders so you might not need the 32”

I run a 24 inch over my 40 breeder I'm using as a frag tank. It works but if you're looking for edge to edge sticks then he 32 might be the better option.

Joe31415 · Nov 24, 2021

Another vote for two AI Primes. That's what I'm using and it seems to be a pretty common setup.

Rhino · Nov 24, 2021

Seems I have a bunch more research to cram in before sales end this weekend!

Rhino · Nov 24, 2021

Duplicate.

Totlxtc · Nov 24, 2021

I run two AL Primes in a 36" AquaticLife T5 fixture. It puts out a ton of light but It'll be going over a larger tank in the near future.

FIN&BONEZ · Nov 24, 2021

Im running two current loops. Mostly because the setup came with one and I wanted to see if two would grow anything.

Rhino · Nov 24, 2021

kittenbritches said:
I really love my Maxpect Razor X 150. I bought it to go over my 40B, and when I upgraded I was still able to use those lights on my new tank. The color mix, programming, and spectrum are all fantastic, IMO. I've been very happy with them.

They're on sale on SaltwaterAquarium.com!

Maxspect Razor X 150w LED Lighting Fixture (28" - 36") - Maxspect

Shop The Best Saltwater Aquarium Equipment & Supplies at Saltwater Aquarium. We Carry Everything you will Need for your Fish Tank.

www.saltwateraquarium.com

You may be onto something here. Just watched some videos on these and really like the color output and sleek form factor.

legionofdoon · Nov 25, 2021

I'm using 3 of the current R24s over mine. I'm using their suggested settings and I like it. I started with 2 but I was planning on going SPS in the future.

dedragon · Nov 25, 2021

This is for softies/lps so you can use pretty much all of the above, it isnt hard to get lighting for lps anymore and can be achieved for relatively cheap. My choice for this would be 2x Orphek OR3 bars , or 2 smatfarms led or 2x noopsyche. This can cost around 220- 300 depending on which you go with.