Thought I might mention one more "off the beaten" path light.
It is like a Redsea90. Call it a clone.
The advantage (besides a reasonable price) is the diode balance is heavily shifted into the blue range.
Like 80% of the output watts is cyan to blue. So if you prefer a heavy blue look you will not "waste" a ton of photons dimming an over-watt-ed white channel. But that is a personal preference thing.
One note though is the link I posted is for an older control interface. Hard wired LCD box.
They now have one wit ha phone app and do sel upgrade kits for like $44.
I'd wait though. The Turing controller has been around for years.
Set of 3 $475.05 (why??? LOL).
Those have no included arms.
255 watts
I'd like to suggest these because they are under-driven and fanless Still each panel is 100W.
Problem is I doubt you could line them up in a line with your restrictions.
200w/ $340
Odd thing is you sort of need to shop around. They are offered in different places at different prices.
See just saved $30..
https://www.ebay.com/itm/3320944000...3D%3D|ampid:PL_CLK|clp:2047675&epid=592218287
It can become annoying but at least they don't lock their pricing like some other companies do.
Probably shouldn't talk watts and some watts are better than others.
AFAICT most of these may not be equal to the more expensive lights as to efficiency but they are competitive.
Besides there really is plenty of info out there and here as well to give you a feel for things.
Like I mentioned, there always are compromises.
If it was easy, it wouldn't be as much fun.
Oh suppose I should clarify that the white rectangle above is your actual tank size. There are only the 4 corners clearly visible though.
It is like a Redsea90. Call it a clone.
The advantage (besides a reasonable price) is the diode balance is heavily shifted into the blue range.
Like 80% of the output watts is cyan to blue. So if you prefer a heavy blue look you will not "waste" a ton of photons dimming an over-watt-ed white channel. But that is a personal preference thing.
One note though is the link I posted is for an older control interface. Hard wired LCD box.
They now have one wit ha phone app and do sel upgrade kits for like $44.
I'd wait though. The Turing controller has been around for years.
Set of 3 $475.05 (why??? LOL).
Those have no included arms.
255 watts
I'd like to suggest these because they are under-driven and fanless Still each panel is 100W.
Problem is I doubt you could line them up in a line with your restrictions.
200w/ $340
Odd thing is you sort of need to shop around. They are offered in different places at different prices.
See just saved $30..
https://www.ebay.com/itm/3320944000...3D%3D|ampid:PL_CLK|clp:2047675&epid=592218287
It can become annoying but at least they don't lock their pricing like some other companies do.
Probably shouldn't talk watts and some watts are better than others.
AFAICT most of these may not be equal to the more expensive lights as to efficiency but they are competitive.
Besides there really is plenty of info out there and here as well to give you a feel for things.
Like I mentioned, there always are compromises.
If it was easy, it wouldn't be as much fun.
Oh suppose I should clarify that the white rectangle above is your actual tank size. There are only the 4 corners clearly visible though.
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