Reefbreeders photon v2 pro- Show tanks!

N11morales · Jun 27, 2023

Was looking into getting myself a Reefbreeders photon v2 Pro light fixture and was curious on what peoples tanks are looking like with the light!

Plan to run an LPS/Soft mixed reef. 36"L x 18" W x 24.5" H these are my dimensions

Derrick0580 · Jun 27, 2023

This is not my tank, belongs to my buddy! He’s a huge advocate for RB lights! I believe there are 5 of the 24” v2’s ran front to back with RB uv strips ran in between them.

N11morales · Jun 27, 2023

Derrick0580 said:
This is not my tank, belongs to my buddy! He’s a huge advocate for RB lights! I believe there are 5 of the 24” v2’s ran front to back with RB uv strips ran in between them.

Oh wow ur friends tank looks amazing! I guess hes using 5 lights cause hes growing mainly sps?

Acros · Jun 28, 2023

I am also interested in them. Do they require a WiFi connection to function? I've come across conflicting information regarding the light's ability to work when WiFi is unavailable. I initially assumed that the program was stored locally.

Derrick0580 · Jun 28, 2023

N11morales said:
Oh wow ur friends tank looks amazing! I guess hes using 5 lights cause hes growing mainly sps?

Yes he is a major stick head!

exnisstech · Jun 28, 2023

I have one over the tank in my build thread which is a work in progress. I need to update the thread but sps frags are starting to grow.

KnH · Jul 18, 2023

Any Disco effect with the Photon

icedgxe · Aug 19, 2023

I’d like to see this as well. I’ve always heard great things, but don’t see many pictures of peoples tanks who run them.

exnisstech · Aug 19, 2023

I added one to this tank but it's only been 4 or 5 weeks so can't comment on growth yet but the haddoni seems to be loving it.

Here an recent shot of my reefer 300 under a photon 32 pro. Frags are starting to show some decent growth

flashsmith · Aug 19, 2023

Hers a couple of my reefer 625 with just 2 v2 16s. The wellso on the right is a dinner plate.

listen2bob · Aug 22, 2023

My 120 peninsula

icedgxe · Sep 8, 2023

listen2bob said:
My 120 peninsula

How bad is the discount effect? Do you feel like the color blending is decent at the height you have it mounted?

Mike Dub · Sep 21, 2023

listen2bob said:
My 120 peninsula

After lurking for weeks, looking at lights, these photos made me decide to pull the trigger on a Photon V2 Pro. Thanks!

thatmanMIKEson · Sep 21, 2023

Mike Dub said:
After lurking for weeks, looking at lights, these photos made me decide to pull the trigger on a Photon V2 Pro. Thanks!

what size? they do look good I've been curious about these lights too, I wonder how high they have to be in order to not see the color separation, every tank I see them mounted on they seem to be 12"+ high.

icedgxe · Sep 21, 2023

thatmanMIKEson said:
what size? they do look good I've been curious about these lights too, I wonder how high they have to be in order to not see the color separation, every tank I see them mounted on they seem to be 12"+ high.

From my research, 16-24” is the ideal range for spread and color blending.

Mike Dub · Sep 22, 2023

thatmanMIKEson said:
what size? they do look good I've been curious about these lights too, I wonder how high they have to be in order to not see the color separation, every tank I see them mounted on they seem to be 12"+ high.

48" light to go over my 120 mixed reef. I am also highly considering adding the aquatic life T5 hybrid fixture.