Kessil Question

[jeff1225]

After a long time out of the hobby, I’m building a new softy reef tank. My tank is 48” wide and I’m vacillating between buying two a360x pendants and one a90x light panel. Any recommendations would be extremely helpful.

Thanks!

 

[TX_REEF]

The ap9x is specifically made for a 24x48 spread and comes with WiFi onboard so you don’t need dongles, controllers etc. the 360s might be better if you wanted to spread them further apart or reduced shadowing

 

[minus9]

It depends on your rock work? Are you going to use a canopy or keep is clean looking with one or two fixtures in the open? For a clean look, either would work, but if you're using a canopy, I would use two 360x's and a couple LED bars to "fill" the whole tank. If you're sticking to just sofies, I think two 360x's will give you more flexibility in filling the tank, as the ap9x is fixed in it's coverage. I love Kessil's and use them on all of my tanks, but you could easily cover the tank with a couple LED bars (Quanta Pro's are my choice) and use one 360x in the middle? As you can see, there are a million ways to do this.

 

[jeff1225]

It depends on your rock work? Are you going to use a canopy or keep is clean looking with one or two fixtures in the open? For a clean look, either would work, but if you're using a canopy, I would use two 360x's and a couple LED bars to "fill" the whole tank. If you're sticking to just sofies, I think two 360x's will give you more flexibility in filling the tank, as the ap9x is fixed in it's coverage. I love Kessil's and use them on all of my tanks, but you could easily cover the tank with a couple LED bars (Quanta Pro's are my choice) and use one 360x in the middle? As you can see, there are a million ways to do this.

Thank you for your response. My main goal is to buy quality. Whenever I cheap out in this hobby I lose. If I were get the Quanta Pro, what combo would you recommend?

Thanks!