What corals are you keeping or want to keep? That will determine what lighting they'll require. I don't like gimmicky lighting features other than having a lunar phase (which isn't necessary, unless you're trying to spawn corals?), so I don't understand why someone would want to pay extra for things the corals don't want or need? We're not actually keeping corals the same way as nature can, so the idea of having clouds, etc is kind of pointless and serves no benefit to them, so these are features that just raise the price. Reef lighting is way overpriced to begin with, so to me, you're just throwing away money that can be used for something else. But hey, it's a hobby, so we're essentially throwing away money anyway, right?
Now that I ruffled some feathers, what does best mean to you or anyone? And now we go down the rabbit hole.........
I'm looking to do hard corals in the middle of the tank and softies on each side of the tank. I saw the light spread for is best for hard corals at about 36" on the AP700 but I have a 48" tank. That's why I'm planning on doing softies on each side of the aquarium. As far as those additional clouds and lightning features and all that I know it doesn't help the corals but its a personal preference for those type of features for the looks.What corals are you keeping or want to keep? That will determine what lighting they'll require. I don't like gimmicky lighting features other than having a lunar phase (which isn't necessary, unless you're trying to spawn corals?), so I don't understand why someone would want to pay extra for things the corals don't want or need? We're not actually keeping corals the same way as nature can, so the idea of having clouds, etc is kind of pointless and serves no benefit to them, so these are features that just raise the price. Reef lighting is way overpriced to begin with, so to me, you're just throwing away money that can be used for something else. But hey, it's a hobby, so we're essentially throwing away money anyway, right?
Very cool light. This may be the upgrade
Nice that they can sync the diurnal and nocturnal phases where I live but what does that have to do with where the corals or fish came from originally in there native habitat? Sync to that!
Reefi UNO I love mine. Noopsyche and orphek.
