Help choose between these 2 manufacturers

[Omgitsjoe]

I know there are numerous manufacturers that everyone has their own opinion on who is best. I've narrowed my list down to the XR30 G5s or the CoralCare Gen2. Who would you choose and how many?

Tank is 6ftx 2ft

 

[Quastermayne]

G5 and at least 3

 

[vetteguy53081]

I can’t stand ecotech but better of the two
Have you looked at Orphek and orphek bars also?

 

[piranhaman00]

ATI

 

[Poochaku]

Depends mostly how blue you like to run your tanks. Also i think the coralcares have better shadowing performance. I would compare 5 xr30s vs 3 coralcare gen 2s. FWIW I went with the XR30s and am super super happy with everything except the amount of noise.

consider mounting, color rendition, shadowing, total cost, shimmer, noise

 

[burningmime]

I've not used the CoralCare, but from what I've seen, they're very white. You're getting a more natural-looking/brighter reef, at the cost of less fluorescence. That's a decision you need to make for yourself, based on your aesthetic vision for the tank.

BRS did a thing on it:


(go to 1 hour exactly).

EDIT: There's no reason you can't mix them.