Recommendation: Hybrid for 6ft Tank

[KENNYSREEF]

Hi All,

Anyone have a good hybrid fixture commendation for a 6ft tank?

Seems like the aquatic life’s are only 60” long

 

[blaxsun]

Unless you run some shorter ones vertically on the sides.

 

[nereefpat]

60" T5 fixture will cover 72" no problem

 

[KENNYSREEF]

What would be good if you didn’t go T5 and supplemented with like LED Bars? I got 4 XR30s

 

[KENNYSREEF]

Bump!

 

[nereefpat]

6' bars are sort of tough to find. SB reeflights makes a 6' LED bar.

Reefbreeders bars only go up to 60". But, they are working on something new, similar to a Blade.

 

[Troylee]

I run metal halides and radions with reefbrite bars on my 6ft peninsula

 

[dwest]

I use a 60“ aquatic life hybrid on my 6’ 180 gallon mixed reef. As you can tell, I’m not a photographer

 

[X-37B]

What would be good if you didn’t go T5 and supplemented with like LED Bars? I got 4 XR30s

4xr30's should not need anything.
That said I run 4 xr15's on my 80g with a quanta meso blue bar. This gives me an average of 100 more par.

Also Quanta says to get the bar the same lenght as the tank. Orphek says to run a 36" on a 48" tank. 6" less either side is fine.
I now wish I would have got the 36" Quanta but went with their recommendations.

 

[nbooks]

I'm running all quantas on my 6ft. Really cant be beat for the $$$

 

[KENNYSREEF]

6' bars are sort of tough to find. SB reeflights makes a 6' LED bar.

Reefbreeders bars only go up to 60". But, they are working on something new, similar to a Blade.

How are the SB reeflight bars?

 

[KENNYSREEF]

I'm running all quantas on my 6ft. Really cant be beat for the $$$

Never heard of them! Might need to check it out.

 

[KENNYSREEF]

4xr30's should not need anything.
That said I run 4 xr15's on my 80g with a quanta meso blue bar. This gives me an average of 100 more par.

Also Quanta says to get the bar the same lenght as the tank. Orphek says to run a 36" on a 48" tank. 6" less either side is fine.
I now wish I would have got the 36" Quanta but went with their recommendations.

Seems like a lot of people are running quantas bars, first I've heard of them.

 

[X-37B]

Seems like a lot of people are running quantas bars, first I've heard of them.

Yea and they are made in the US.

 

[nereefpat]

How are the SB reeflight bars?

I haven't used them. At one point, that company made some of the *better black boxes. Their bars look to be similar to the quantas, although more watts but maybe not as nice and not American made.

 

[X-37B]

I haven't used them. At one point, that company made some of the *better black boxes. Their bars look to be similar to the quantas, although more watts but maybe not as nice and not American made.

Well I guess dont believe everything you read.
I honestly thought they were made here.
Anyway I like their mesa blue and I have run the Orpheks.
Dont think you can go wrong with either.

 

[KENNYSREEF]

Well I guess dont believe everything you read.
I honestly thought they were made here.
Anyway I like their mesa blue and I have run the Orpheks.
Dont think you can go wrong with either.

I had orphek reef bars in the past, dang those things were heavy as heck.

 

[Uncle99]

3 Viparspectra LED 2 Halos, and 3-T5, a blue plus, a purple plus, and Antinic.
$1000

 

[nereefpat]

Well I guess dont believe everything you read.
I honestly thought they were made here.
Anyway I like their mesa blue and I have run the Orpheks.
Dont think you can go wrong with either.

Oh, I meant that the SB reeflights weren't American.