Best light for 37 gallon Reef Tank

Tyreefer · Nov 6, 2022

Happy Sunday!
looking for suggestions on best, appropriate light for my 37 gallon reef tank. I don’t want to spend a ridiculous amount of money on a light but definitely want what’s best so if needed I will spend the money. I attached a photo showing the coral and some fish I have. Not able to provide names for all the coral because I don’t know all the names.

kylan_ · Nov 6, 2022

Try fluval marine 3.0

TokenReefer · Nov 6, 2022

Can I ask why you want a new light? Not to derail, I only ask because it looks like you're having great success with whatever light you already have (tank looks great). Wondering why you want a new one. Is there some specific feature you're looking for?

Tyreefer · Nov 6, 2022

TokenReefer said:
Can I ask why you want a new light? Not to derail, I only ask because it looks like you're having great success with whatever light you already have (tank looks great). Wondering why you want a new one. Is there some specific feature you're looking for?

This was so nice of you, thank you. Made me feel a lot better about things. I’ll be honest with you, my one long tip anenome (not shown) and one alveopora flower pot coral located in 4th picture in the middle on the bottom have been acting very weird. But as you can see! All my other coral and fish are thriving! My LFS tried to tell me it’s my light

but before I make any fish moves I always come to Reef2Reef first! And collect other opinions before I do anything. So that was a big reason for my post

I’m still stuck on how to help them bloom back open and back to normal. Haven’t had any luck

hsosa · Nov 6, 2022

your tank is doing good. I would probably just leave it alone . if u need to upgrade to a better light it would be the AI prime . just make sure u dont put it on full blast .

sheeb · Nov 6, 2022

Tyreefer said:
This was so nice of you, thank you. Made me feel a lot better about things. I’ll be honest with you, my one long tip anenome (not shown) and one alveopora flower pot coral located in 4th picture in the middle on the bottom have been acting very weird. But as you can see! All my other coral and fish are thriving! My LFS tried to tell me it’s my light but before I make any fish moves I always come to Reef2Reef first! And collect other opinions before I do anything. So that was a big reason for my post I’m still stuck on how to help them bloom back open and back to normal. Haven’t had any luck

Tank looks great! I wouldn’t worry too much about it, don’t fix what’s not broken lol. If you do decide to get a new light, I’d go with 1 or 2 ai primes, depending on the tank dimensions.

Lavey29 · Nov 6, 2022

What light do you have on there now and what is your future vision for corals?

Tyreefer · Nov 6, 2022

hsosa said:
your tank is doing good. I would probably just leave it alone . if u need to upgrade to a better light it would be the AI prime . just make sure u dont put it on full blast .

Thank you! Everyone loves the Ai primes I see!

Tyreefer · Nov 6, 2022

sheeb said:
Tank looks great! I wouldn’t worry too much about it, don’t fix what’s not broken lol. If you do decide to get a new light, I’d go with 1 or 2 ai primes, depending on the tank dimensions.

You’re right! I’m such a worrier when it comes to my fish and coral ugh… I guess that comes with the hobby lol. Thank you!

Lavey29 · Nov 6, 2022

Tyreefer said:
Thank you! Everyone loves the Ai primes I see!

Well, if you decide to upgrade then one XR30 would be perfect.

Tyreefer · Nov 6, 2022

Lavey29 said:
What light do you have on there now and what is your future vision for corals?

Nicrew HyperReef 30, got it off Amazon as a birthday gift

Lavey29 · Nov 6, 2022

Tyreefer said:
Nicrew HyperReef 30, got it off Amazon as a birthday gift

It gets good reviews and seems popular for nano tanks but at 37g you're slightly above nano tank size in my opinion. I would agree with other posters who said if your tank is thriving then don't change it up although at some point you may opt to try more demanding difficult types of corals and probably at that point a more sophisticated full spectrum light will benefit you.

Tyreefer · Nov 6, 2022

Lavey29 said:
It gets good reviews and seems popular for nano tanks but at 37g you're slightly above nano tank size in my opinion. I would agree with other posters who said if your tank is thriving then don't change it up although at some point you may opt to try more demanding difficult types of corals and probably at that point a more sophisticated full spectrum light will benefit you.

So you think for now leave it since my corals are pretty standard/easy. But if I want to upgrade to a more difficult level of coral, opt for a new light right?

JoJosReef · Nov 6, 2022

How long has your tank been up and running like this? Are those two bubble tips? I understand in the long run they like more light. 30w may be doing fine now, but an upgrade would be an AI Prime or the new Noopsyche mini, which is 60w I think (I don't know about spread though). The latter is very budget friendly, though not yet durability tested since it is newer. The bigger Noopsyche would probably cover everything you could imagine in that tank. My 2c!