Hello From Upstate New York
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Benny Morosco
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Welcome and where are you in upstate NY I am near Utica!
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Andrew,
I felt it was barely adequate for an 8 gallon cube if you want any real growth, aside from the lack of buttons on the hipargero version that would have drove me insane. Their response: use a timer so you don't have to touch the unit. I did put it on my biocube just to see the penetration, honestly anything deeper than 12 inches with these just isn't going to do anything, and I think you will be disappointed.
The premium aquatics model does have/ did have buttons (labeled in the manual as the "premium" model I believe).
Either way, for what you're looking to do, a pair of them will leave you unimpressed. You will be running them at 8- full blast on either one, and probably still not satisfied. There are better options for not much difference in money. I would suggest a wifi black box for $100 over 2 of these if you want to keep your costs low. Not that they are sensational either, but there's a lot of info, support, mods, and better performance.
I felt it was barely adequate for an 8 gallon cube if you want any real growth, aside from the lack of buttons on the hipargero version that would have drove me insane. Their response: use a timer so you don't have to touch the unit. I did put it on my biocube just to see the penetration, honestly anything deeper than 12 inches with these just isn't going to do anything, and I think you will be disappointed.
The premium aquatics model does have/ did have buttons (labeled in the manual as the "premium" model I believe).
Either way, for what you're looking to do, a pair of them will leave you unimpressed. You will be running them at 8- full blast on either one, and probably still not satisfied. There are better options for not much difference in money. I would suggest a wifi black box for $100 over 2 of these if you want to keep your costs low. Not that they are sensational either, but there's a lot of info, support, mods, and better performance.
Mandrew
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Thanks for the reply! The thing I have against the Chinese boxes (I’ve had 3 in the past) is I think I was overlighting my corals on minimum settings and there aren’t really any attractive mounting options.. especially on a nano tank.. I’ll consider it though for sure..
mike werner
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belated welcome,black boxes are strong.hanging well that's not easy on a cube.good thing is when you upgrade tanks(and you will)you can just add another and another.my last light upgrade I went with the marsaqua 165.i put 5 on a 5 ft tank.i've had some very expensive lights in the past and those $100 marsaqua grow corals better than those $1000+ lights imo.
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I have nothing bad to say about the light actually. Had coral growth, not a ton, but I did have coral growth. I don't have an extremely deep tank but you should be able to easily sustain a biocube or 20 g cube. This light is becoming more respected and used among many budget and beginner reefers. I recommend 100%. If your going 32 i would suggest buying 2 however; at that point you may be better off buying a more expensive single light. Let me know what you choose and how it goes, I'm curious.
