40 gallon frag tank

Coopdod50 · Jan 17, 2021

Hey everyone, I'm setting up a Cobalt Aquatics CVue 40 as a frag tank. It'll be stocked mainly with acros, chalices, and zoas but its gonna have a bit of everything. What lighting would y'all go with if you were setting it up? I'm looking at possibly two Radions or an Orphek Atlantik V4 but I'd like to hear some other ideas.

Ron Reefman · Jan 18, 2021

Is this a display frag tank in your living space? Or a working frag tank in a back room?

If it's a working tank, I'd just get a good black box led fixture. No need to spend money on a fixture with features you really don't need.

MickeyR · Jan 18, 2021

Agreed, if working tank, I would go with the black box, if its a display, my brother in law set him up with 2 prime 16 hds, ideal would have been 3 of them. BRS has a great video on spacing an par. That being said for my display i changed from hydra 26hd to radion gen 3 pro xr30 and absolutely love them.

Ron Reefman · Jan 18, 2021

Probably a little less expensive and IMHO every bit as good in terms of build quality and features is the Reef Breeders Photon V2+.

Coopdod50 · Jan 19, 2021

Ron Reefman said:
Probably a little less expensive and IMHO every bit as good in terms of build quality and features is the Reef Breeders Photon V2+.

MickeyR said:
Agreed, if working tank, I would go with the black box, if its a display, my brother in law set him up with 2 prime 16 hds, ideal would have been 3 of them. BRS has a great video on spacing an par. That being said for my display i changed from hydra 26hd to radion gen 3 pro xr30 and absolutely love them.

Ron Reefman said:
Is this a display frag tank in your living space? Or a working frag tank in a back room?

If it's a working tank, I'd just get a good black box led fixture. No need to spend money on a fixture with features you really don't need.

Thanks for the feedback! Its definitely going to be more of a working tank that I grow and frag out of but it will likely be in the living room of my house. I've got two Prime HD's over my Waterbox 20 cube at the moment but I just feel like there's a better option out there. I've been watching several videos about a t5/LED hybrid setup and that's kind of what I'm leaning towards.