A Light, A Skimmer, A Return Pump and A Controller: Name your favorite brand!

[Aquaden]

Today we're taking a break from big fish as I'm done with talking about them for the week! HA! Instead I thought we could put together a list of 4 very popular saltwater aquarium products. You don't "NEED" all of these but let's talk about your favorite brands for these 4 categories! Let's go!

Name your favorite brands for the following aquarium equipment items:

Reef Aquarium Lighting:
Protein Skimmer:
Water Return Pump:
Aquarium Controller:

image via @sil40sx

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[Aquaden]

Today we're taking a break from big fish as I'm done with talking about them for the week! HA! Instead I thought we could put together a list of 4 very popular saltwater aquarium products. You don't "NEED" all of these but let's talk about your favorite brands for these 4 categories! Let's go!

Name your favorite brands for the following aquarium equipment items:

Reef Aquarium Lighting:
Protein Skimmer:
Water Return Pump:
Aquarium Controller:

image via @sil40sx

Nice, what a clean setup!
Our 180g setup started to leak after 12 years and as it was built into the room and it had to be removed was almost ready to call it quits after over 50 years.
Then since most of the specimans were saved decided to try a Red Sea 525 G2 with the 160S reef lights.
Added Sicce Syncra ADV 5.5 return pump and kept our SC Aquariums SCA-302 skimmer and Jebao SCP-180 Sine wavemaker.
Controller is Neptune APEX.

 

[Michael Janes]

Many tanks over the years, but will say current setup is my favorite so far.

Lights -2ea Ecotech XR15 G6
Skimmer - ATB Elegance 150 DC
Return Pump - Sicce SDC 3.0
Controller - Apex Pro gen 2 with latest optical sensors, I/O switch box, FMM.

although not part of the “four “ absolutely love the RS Reefmat 500!

 

[homer1475]

Lights: 8 bulb ATI powermodule hybrid T5/LED
Skimmer: Bubble magus curve 5 elite
Return pump: Reef octopus varios 4
Controller: Apex classic with all the bells and whistles

 

[BairCorals]

Lights I go AI. Love the app, love the look, love the price.
Skimmer I go reef octo. They've been in the game for a long time and I have no complaints.
Return pump I go sicce. Cmon. It's sicce.
And controller I go hydros. Collective is ever expanding, easy to work with, and a fraction of the cost of the apex system. Win win win

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

Lights I go AI. Love the app, love the look, love the price.
Skimmer I go reef octo. They've been in the game for a long time and I have no complaints.
Return pump I go sicce. Cmon. It's sicce.
And controller I go hydros. Collective is ever expanding, easy to work with, and a fraction of the cost of the apex system. Win win win

Welcome to a year-dead thread, lol

 

[BairCorals]

Welcome to a year-dead thread, lol

Thanks! I like to live around the dead corals of the threads lol

 

[Mark Gray]

Lights tried many I like Orphek best.
Skimmer, also tried many I like Deltec
Return pumps I have Cor20s
Controllers Apex Neptune