Let’s talk lighting! Not another Radion thread

[BARNAKEWLZ]

Yeah I’m at a cross roads at the moment. Kinda want to try the Kessils because of the kessil logic. As far as I understand it I can run the blue as blue I want and still get full spectrum. Or I might just run a few 36” Orphek strip lights. I bought a used apogee par meter off Amazon this morning. I think it’s super important everyone either rents or buys a par meter. You can watch BRS lighting videos all day and replicate that and still fail. I’m running my 16HD’s currently on their settings for the 40 breeder test they did cranked to 100% so I’d get 100-150 PAR in most of the tank. It about burned my toadstool and it’s got a purple hammer that’s super angry with it. The tentacles are going clear. I backed them down a bit.

Agree! While I think par is super important, I think reading you tank is essential too. I torched multiple corals over the years off of reading the equipment over reading the tank overall well-being. I just start what lever that cheap par reader is, the Seneye I think and then adjust off of the corals reaction

 

[BARNAKEWLZ]

I’m using all skys on my tanks. 5 over my 10’ 560 gallon. 4 over my 350 and 2 on my 300. I like them a lot. I had radions and like these way better honestly. Bought every one at a highly discounted price too lol

Wow that’s beautiful. Looks like there is a couple holes to fill in there lol jk. The sky is on my list too. Where is the special place with discounted sky’s? It’s the blanket of light that it cast. That’s what really catches my eye.

 

[BARNAKEWLZ]

It’s pretty good, once I got use to it! The guy that makes them seems to constantly improve it. It’s much better than the noopsyche app for comparison. Better than mobius.

I like to challenge myself with mobius, so I always make sure my hands are wet before I grab my phone. Makes it almost like a game I call ‘how many tries does it take’

 

[BARNAKEWLZ]

Thanks everyone for the input!!

 

[Estonian Reefer]

LED lights over my 100 gallon reef tank. 2x red sea reef LED 90s, 2x reef fact

ory M90 bars, 1x orphek daylight 60cm version. Reef LED 90s 9.5hours on, M90 bars 4 and 7hours on and orphek 4hours on.

 

[williamCreery]

I’m using all skys on my tanks. 5 over my 10’ 560 gallon. 4 over my 350 and 2 on my 300. I like them a lot. I had radions and like these way better honestly. Bought every one at a highly discounted price too lol

That’s a lot all together