How are you lighting your tank?

[cilyjr]

My tank is 67x36x30 deep. Roughly 315 gallons.
Primarily SPS tank. The tank will be running for 2 years March 2025. Roughly 1y 7m to date.

I am using 6x reefi 2.1 with 4x 54 watt t5. It's been running like this for about 6 months. Previously it was 8x hydra 32hd.
The hydras simply did not have the "punch" to get good light 30 inches down. They had a par of around 150 on the sand on an apogee meter.

The reefi are closer to 350 at the same depth. They are peaking at 155 watts but have the capacity of 300watts per unit.

The hydras were capable of more light when they were overdriven but the fans were so loud. So I decided to switch them out. They are fine for a more shallow tank. I have three of them over my frag tank. 12 inches deep.

 

[E.intheC]

I’ve used so many of them over the years. My last system went from halides to AI Blades to Radions. Liked them all.

My new nano will run AI Blades. Easy, simple, no fans, sleek.

Me too lol- my first reef tank had power compact bulbs.

How many blades are you running? My tank is 48x18x18. Looking for all sps.

 

[E.intheC]

My tank is 67x36x30 deep. Roughly 315 gallons.
Primarily SPS tank. The tank will be running for 2 years March 2025. Roughly 1y 7m to date.

I am using 6x reefi 2.1 with 4x 54 watt t5. It's been running like this for about 6 months. Previously it was 8x hydra 32hd.
The hydras simply did not have the "punch" to get good light 30 inches down. They had a par of around 150 on the sand on an apogee meter.

The reefi are closer to 350 at the same depth. They are peaking at 155 watts but have the capacity of 300watts per unit.

The hydras were capable of more light when they were overdriven but the fans were so loud. So I decided to switch them out. They are fine for a more shallow tank. I have three of them over my frag tank. 12 inches deep.

Your tank looks great. Any negatives with the Reefi lights?

 

[rtparty]

Me too lol- my first reef tank had power compact bulbs.

How many blades are you running? My tank is 48x18x18. Looking for all sps.

My new tank is a Waterbox 25. It would only take 2 Blades for SPS PAR but I’ll add a third so I can run a Glow

For that size tank I’d run 2 Grow and 1 Glow.

I ran 3 over my 250g system for a few months. The XHO were there from my halides. They provided little light overall and I eventually sold them

 

[cilyjr]

Your tank looks great. Any negatives with the Reefi lights?

I won't run any LED without t5 supplement. But that's a complaint towards all LED not one particular lamp.

The interface is not an app, it's web based. It is not nearly as "polished" as some of the more popular lights and some say it's a bit clunky.

I have no issues with it. It will do everything I want. It can do all of the things the others can do. I'm more of a set and forget it guy though. That's one I've heard a lot.

The power supply is big. But it is what it is.

 

[jackson6745]

Me too lol- my first reef tank had power compact bulbs.

How many blades are you running? My tank is 48x18x18. Looking for all sps.

The a look at the A8SE’s. They’re radion knock offs. You can get on Alibaba for less than $200. 2 would cover your dimension. I’ve been running one over my qt tank and I have radions xr30s over my growout tank. I wish I had save the money and used all of the fake ones. I honestly can’t tell the difference besides the crappy China app.

 

[adamg77]

Ati six bulb T5HO over my 48”x24” tank with an all blue LED for more PAR

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Six bulb T5 over a 4ft 120 adding a AI blade grow so I can have more pop at night. Iv run the same light on a 75 gallon, 90 gallon and now the 120.

 

[apeshot]

I think the lesson here is that everyone is satisfied with the lights they chose and there are over 12 different manufacturers listed already. You can hardly screw it up at this point in the technology life cycle.

 

[mr fishy 3000]

I just got the new Quanta Helix Light Bars. I have 3 bars on my 75 Gallon, what Luca recommends for a mixed reef. If you are planning on going wall to wall with SPS then he says get 5 bars. My total for the three, 47" bars was $680. With the bars on 100% intensity I was getting 980 par at the top of the water. I have them at about 60% intensity and get 300-200 par threw out my whole tank. Dimensions are 48"x18"x21"

It is also nice knowing you are supporting a small business.

 

[apeshot]

I just got the new Quanta Helix Light Bars. I have 3 bars on my 75 Gallon, what Luca recommends for a mixed reef. If you are planning on going wall to wall with SPS then he says get 5 bars. My total for the three, 47" bars was $680. With the bars on 100% intensity I was getting 980 par at the top of the water. I have them at about 60% intensity and get 300-200 par threw out my whole tank. Dimensions are 48"x18"x21"

It is also nice knowing you are supporting a small business.

That’s a great par result for the price. Those look pretty sweet.

 

[56longroof]

4 55watt T5's and 2 250 watt 10k metal halides.

 

[PeterErc]

3- 250w 10k plusrite at the moment 4-aquastar g5 each end and between pendants , 6- 14" 420/470 diy strips each side of pendant.

Std 150g rr

 

[buruskeee]

I have a 5x2x2 and Switched from 3x Radion XR30 to 2x ATI Stratons. Love the footprint and sleekness of these units, most importantly ZERO fans!

Has great PAR but even better spread as nothing beats the actual foot print of the light source (why T5 was so dominant).

Tons of white LEDs too which are 5W each but max driven at 1.5W. So you can run as blue or white/amber as your tastes desire.

Don’t mine my UV propped on the tank. I have dino PTSD

 

[Troylee]

72x36 I run three 250w metal halides and several reefbrite xho actinics.

 

[X-37B]

3 systems

Ext 170
59×30×21
2 Photon 50's

Ext 50
30×24×16
3 gen 5 xr15's

RS170
24×20×20
Photon 24

 

[vetteguy53081]

Looking to get back into reefkeeping after a short bout with freshwater.

Anyway. How are you personally lighting your tank? Please list specifics IE: tank dimensions, how many lights, if you like them, etc.

10 foot tank. . . Orphek Atlantik 4 and Icons and added noopsyche for Shimmer

 

[billyocean]

Viparspectra 300s

 

[hsp]

2x ReefLED 90 on Mounting Arm for my Red Sea Reefer Max G2+ 300.

 

[Yanir34]

ATI power module 10×54w