Orbit marine pro dual fixture for 20 long?

Reefermadness89 · Oct 9, 2019

So I was looking at the orbit Wavemaker,
And stumbled upon the orbit marine pro dual fixture, has Bluetooth control via an app, and does my lighting and Wavemaker, and would have enough spread for the whole tank, vs my more expensive Idea of 2x ai primes
Im looking for a lps softie doninate
Tank, I could always add another led if I wanted sps but I don’t think I do
Would this light be usable, without spending the money that 2 primes would be?

Reefermadness89 · Oct 10, 2019

24'' ReefBar Pro Full Spectrum Aquarium LED Light 24 x 3W Bridgelux LEDs reef saltwater salt water

24' ReefBar Pro Full Spectrum Aquarium LED Light 24 x 3W Bridgelux LEDs For saltwater coral reef

www.21ledusa.com

These are 3w leds and seem to be pretty decent. 2 of those and the sun setter seem a like it would fit the bill as well.

Teri NewbieReefer · Oct 10, 2019

I had the Orbits on my 40 gal cube. Worked fine for lps and softies... wouldn't cut it for sps.

Reefermadness89 · Oct 10, 2019

So softies would include hammers
And frogspawn right?
That’s pretty much all I wanted in this tank anyways.
That, plus the Bluetooth controller, and the ability to throw the Wavemaker on the same system seems like the best option tbh.

Bayareareefer18 · Oct 10, 2019

Are you talking about the ic pro not the orbit and the eflux wave pumps?

NanoReef303 · Oct 10, 2019

I have the 24-36” orbit marine ic pro dual w/Bluetooth on my 20g. I’m just starting out, but I’m keeping a variety of LPS and softy frags. I also only have my blues at 100%, whites at 30%, and red and green at 0% for the daytime setting. I like them.

Reefermadness89 · Oct 10, 2019

CURRENT Orbit Marine IC Pro with Bluetooth 24"-36"
Orbit ic pro, I guess both lol.
You can see where the confusion for a noob would come from lol.
Seems to be the newest model and the par ratings seem fairly legit from what I found online

Reefermadness89 · Oct 10, 2019

NanoReef303 said:
I have the 24-36” orbit marine ic pro dual w/Bluetooth on my 20g. I’m just starting out, but I’m keeping a variety of LPS and softy frags. I also only have my blues at 100%, whites at 30%, and red and green at 0% for the daytime setting. I like them.

So I’m doing a Nuvo fusion peninsula 20, basically a 20long, any chance u can see some pics? How do you like it, I’m about to buy it and use it for the temp monitoring, wave pump controller, lights, and am considering getting the pump for y filter section since why not

Bayareareefer18 · Oct 10, 2019

NanoReef303 said:
I have the 24-36” orbit marine ic pro dual w/Bluetooth on my 20g. I’m just starting out, but I’m keeping a variety of LPS and softy frags. I also only have my blues at 100%, whites at 30%, and red and green at 0% for the daytime setting. I like them.

Have them on my 75 as well. The issue that I found is I don't like the color so much as the whites are brought up higher. They definitely have done a good job with an LPS tank. Good growth but sure it could be better. For budget lights they do work. With that said I also run an orphek UV bar and a reefbrite lumilite pro for more color pop. I do have some easier sps high in the tank that are growing very fast and some BTAs that straight doing great

Bayareareefer18 · Oct 10, 2019

Reefermadness89 said:
CURRENT Orbit Marine IC Pro with Bluetooth 24"-36"
Orbit ic pro, I guess both lol.
You can see where the confusion for a noob would come from lol.
Seems to be the newest model and the par ratings seem fairly legit from what I found online

Ah guess they changed it again. Got mine a little over a year ago slightly before the bluetooth module was released. I do run two of the eflux wave pumps as well

Reefermadness89 · Oct 10, 2019

Bayareareefer18 said:
Ah guess they changed it again. Got mine a little over a year ago slightly before the bluetooth module was released. I do run two of the eflux wave pumps as well

It’s had a lot of updates, that has made research a bit more difficult.
I’m going with one wavepump for now, will see how it does, but with more rock and stuff in here I might be underestimating how much flow I need.
I’m getting the 2bar set and I do have some t5s I could always throw on if I wanted more light.
Glad to hear others have had success.
This tank will be pretty much softies sps, doubt I’ll get into sps on this one, I like the look of the other stuff much better.
If anyone has pics of their tanks with these lights, please post em if you get time(or link build threads)

NanoReef303 · Oct 10, 2019

Reefermadness89 said:
So I’m doing a Nuvo fusion peninsula 20, basically a 20long, any chance u can see some pics? How do you like it, I’m about to buy it and use it for the temp monitoring, wave pump controller, lights, and am considering getting the pump for y filter section since why not

I have them on an IM nuvo fusion 20 and I have 1 eflux wave pump hooked up as well. I went with them because of the low profile and to reduce light spill in the room since my tank is in a main room in my house. I’ll post some pics when I get home.

Reefermadness89 · Oct 10, 2019

NanoReef303 said:
I have them on an IM nuvo fusion 20 and I have 1 eflux wave pump hooked up as well. I went with them because of the low profile and to reduce light spill in the room since my tank is in a main room in my house. I’ll post some pics when I get home.

Sweet please do! Very excited I’m going to go ahead and order them plus one pump for now.

NanoReef303 · Oct 10, 2019

Reefermadness89 said:
Sweet please do! Very excited I’m going to go ahead and order them plus one pump for now.

First time taking pictures of the tank. It’s about 5 months old at this point. Lights set at 100% blue and 30% white.

Reefermadness89 · Oct 10, 2019

Looks great! My tank is lower so I might need to turn them down a bit more but now I’m jazzed to get them in the mail

Reefermadness89 · Oct 28, 2019

So isn’t like to update this incase anyone is looking at this setup.
I have my lights 100b 60w 25r 14g and my corals seem to be responding very well.
I have a Grubens gorgronian, some candy cane, a zoa frag, like 5 small mushrooms, a mini carpet anemone, gsp and hammer, all seem to Ben doing very well, with the zoas showing some slight growth and the gsp obviously looks like it’s grown a small bit.

I can honestly say having the lights, wavemakers and eventually a pump for push button saltwater refills is super convienent, plus the lights seem to be doing their job
Would reccomend if doing a medium to low light tank. My gruber is 7” from the light but loving it