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[earlfd]

I have an innovative marine 20 gallon AIO. I am debating over lights. I was thinking about
One Kessel A80 blue or AI prime. Which would be the preferred and do you think I should go with one or two lights

 

[BristleWormHater]

I have an innovative marine 20 gallon AIO. I am debating over lights. I was thinking about
One Kessel A80 blue or AI prime. Which would be the preferred and do you think I should go with one or two lights

I have a similar tank I have the 25 gallon one. You definitely only need one light. I'll vote for the AI prime that's what I'm putting on mine.

 

[earlfd]

Awesome Thank you. Do you have a mixed reef and if so are the corals getting nice color

 

[earlfd]

Awesome Thank you. Do you have a mixed reef and if so are the corals

 

[BristleWormHater]

Awesome Thank you. Do you have a mixed reef and if so are the corals getting nice color

No corals yet, I'm still getting the tank set up for them.

 

[Spare time]

I have an innovative marine 20 gallon AIO. I am debating over lights. I was thinking about
One Kessel A80 blue or AI prime. Which would be the preferred and do you think I should go with one or two lights

You would want two a80s. I like kessil more but it's not cost efficient. Noopsyche also would work.

 

[earlfd]

You would want two a80s. I like kessil more but it's not cost efficient. Noopsyche also would work.

What do you mean it would not be cost effective

 

[BristleWormHater]

2 Kessel a80s + mounting arms would be more than an ai prime

What do you mean it would not be cost effective

 

[Spare time]

What do you mean it would not be cost effective

Kessils are just expensive per the PAR values they give off. The a80 is expensive for a 15w light. However, they are visually beautiful.

 

[earlfd]

For coral growth would the kessel outmatch the AI prime

 

[Spare time]

For coral growth would the kessel outmatch the AI prime

Depends on the par values needed by the coral. The AI prime is a stronger light, though has issues with melting lensed on the UV and Violet diodes when cranked up high.

 

[BristleWormHater]

Are you planning on keeping sps or lps?

 

[earlfd]

Your absolutely Turing me toward Kessil right now

 

[earlfd]

Are you planning on keeping sps or lps?

Both

 

[BristleWormHater]

As long as you don't run the ai prime at 100% and give it a good schedule it shouldn't melt.

 

[JohnnyBlowfish]

I disagree. I am really disappointed in my AI purchases. My Prime HD went full nuclear meltdown. I ran it fairly conservative as it was on a Softie/LPS tank. From a safety standpoint, I would never own another one. It was definitely a fire hazard.

Additionally, my AI Nero lasted less than a year before getting red ring of death. The inexpensive hyggr that I purchased for an emergency around the same time is still going strong 4 years later. Needless to say, I won’t be buying AI products in the future.

 

[stewy14]

k7 mini
or k7pro3 or whatever its called