Please help with lighting question

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I know I have been posting the past few days but I'm really trying to decide on lighting for my tank. I m building a 40 breeder and I want it to be mixed reef including sps. What is your recommendation for lights, and where to get them. All I really know is bulk reef supply. Please comment. I'm at a cross road. Want to stay under $500
 
Going against the grain, but MH are the best bang for the buck, possibly paired with T5. I ran the LED deal and am going back to MH on my new build.
 
Okay, on the T5's, got a question there, why are ATI so high and other 4 bulb fixture are only $100
 
Dtackett I actually have two of those but I want to see growth like other ones I see, these didn't seem to do it
 
And Tahoe I am leaning hard toward the kessil a160. 2. Would cover my tank I just see a lot of those being sold on here and that scares me
 
And Tahoe I am leaning hard toward the kessil a160. 2. Would cover my tank I just see a lot of those being sold on here and that scares me

Hmm I have only heard good things about them. I researched them when I was looking for a fixture for my tank.

Have not noticed more Kessil than any other fixture for sale. People will tend to buy LED, not be patient and learn how to use them and they sell them and go back to T5 or MH.

ATI is a quality fixture, I have one of those as well but I like shimmer so I am using the Hydra.
 
if you got the money to spend, go with kessil, maxspect, or radion. but IME they'll all seriously overpriced for what they are, and the growth wasn't that much better. I did however like the kessils for the few months I had them. I borrowed a buddies a360WE with the controller and it was cool to play with the spectrum and get it right, but the growth from it wasn't worth almost 500 bucks.

with the ebay lights, you can get the same growth, its just not in such a nice neat little package. but if you want the improved spectrum, message Mike Herman on facebook, tell him Dustin Tackett sent you his way. he has some new signature lights coming out with amazing spectrum. better than even the kessils as he has a complete custom layout and UVA and UVB diodes to give even more growth over the kessils. not sure what his price is yet, but they'll be way under 500.
 
Dtackett thanks man, I'll look into that, right now I am in between maxspect r460r and 2 kessil a160 with remote. Max is 509 and two kessil with control 580
 
man, you could buy a lot of coral for 580.... even if you got 2 of mikes lights, well say 280 for 2 (guessing) theres still 300 left for more coral.
 
and under his new lights his tank is growing everything you can imagine. someone tells him his lights cant support it, he buys it and grows it to prove them wrong lol
 
I imagine there are a lot of ways to contact him other than facebook. but the only way I know is through facebook. join the Chinese blackbox group buy facebook group and contact him there. youll see hes legit.
 

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