Viparspectra 165watt, Anyone using these?

Nicholas Dushynsky · Apr 20, 2020

90's reefer said:
I ran the same black box on my 18" cubed mano at 70% blue 10% white.
This is after it was up for a year then moved to another house. I lost all coralline in the move but it was a frag/holding tank for my 120 and now the nano sits in my garage lol.

How high off the tank did you have it?

X-37B · Apr 20, 2020

Nicholas Dushynsky said:
How high off the tank did you have it?

10"

Nicholas Dushynsky · Apr 20, 2020

90's reefer said:
10"

Did you find you cooked anything under those settings? Or anything lose colour?

njreejer · Apr 20, 2020

njreejer · Apr 20, 2020

njreejer · Apr 20, 2020

Question: Would 1 Viparspectra 300W LED panel be good for a mixed reef 90g tank? Tank dimensions are: 48x18x24. Was wondering If I could get away with using this one panel instead of 2 165W

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Mrreefercanada · Apr 20, 2020

njreejer said:
Question: Would 1 Viparspectra 300W LED panel be good for a mixed reef 90g tank? Tank dimensions are: 48x18x24. Was wondering If I could get away with using this one panel instead of 2 165W

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I have one 300w over my 90 right now for about a month. It's works great but you have acclimate the tank as its very powerful. I set it up 11 inches above the water surface centered over the tank. My tank is the same dims 48"Lx18"dpx24"h. Currently my settings are 50% blue 5% white. I have a mixed reef with sps(Top OF tank area) lps(Mid tank area) and softies(bottom of tank). All doing very well so far.

njreejer · Apr 20, 2020

Mrreefercanada said:
I have one 300w over my 90 right now for about a month. It's works great but you have acclimate the tank as its very powerful. I set it up 11 inches above the water surface centered over the tank. My tank is the same dims 48"Lx18"dpx24"h. Currently my settings are 50% blue 5% white. I have a mixed reef with sps(Top OF tank area) lps(Mid tank area) and softies(bottom of tank). All doing very well so far.

your comment confirmed my choice. just placed my order, thanks

Nicholas Dushynsky · Apr 21, 2020

This is my latest photos as of 21/04/2020 haven't even cleaned the glass for over a week, looking quite nice at the moment.

rgonzalez88 · Apr 22, 2020

Hello, this is my tank with exactly 1 year of adding 3 units Viparspectra 165w to my 130 gallon tank, I run them 80% blue and 10% white

Nicholas Dushynsky · Apr 23, 2020

rgonzalez88 said:
Hello, this is my tank with exactly 1 year of adding 3 units Viparspectra 165w to my 130 gallon tank, I run them 80% blue and 10% white

Very nice. Are you happy with them?

Chayo · Apr 23, 2020

Hello everyone!

new to reefing, wanted some opinions on how high to mount these lights, I recently purchased 2 300w. The tanks dimensions 72L 18W 21H in inches. I have from the substrate to the water line measured at 18.5" would like to know also the ideal settings for CH1 and CH2. Main target for coral is LPS and Softies but eventually SPS as well. Also amount of time the lights should be on. Great looking tanks in this thread! Maybe one day mine can be as good looking..

njreejer · Apr 23, 2020

Mrreefercanada said:
I have one 300w over my 90 right now for about a month. It's works great but you have acclimate the tank as its very powerful. I set it up 11 inches above the water surface centered over the tank. My tank is the same dims 48"Lx18"dpx24"h. Currently my settings are 50% blue 5% white. I have a mixed reef with sps(Top OF tank area) lps(Mid tank area) and softies(bottom of tank). All doing very well so far.

Since I have no livestock at the moment there’s no need to acclimate so what % white & blues would you recommend I set? I want to be able to place corals throughout all levels of tank

rgonzalez88 · Apr 24, 2020

Yes, I am very happy with these lights, they have fulfilled more than expected. I have added some light diffusers to better mix the colors and some acroporas have started to show improvement.

ZanclusKeeper · Apr 27, 2020

Love these lights, started with 3x 165 watts a year ago and recently changed to 2x 300 watts over my 125.

91yjeeper · Apr 27, 2020

Do you get any "Disco" with these?

AbjectMaelstroM · Apr 27, 2020

91yjeeper said:
Do you get any "Disco" with these?

With 90 degree lenses I get a bit of disco at 10" above water. With lenses off is was hardly noticeable, but par was nearly halved.

carriaga · Apr 28, 2020

Hi all,

I am considering buying these lights. I currently have a 36x8x31 fish tank, but I would love to start adding corals, thats why I`m checking if this would work in my tank which is 37 Galons but the size is quite different from the standard, What do you think?

Vakko · May 1, 2020

Chayo said:
Hello everyone! new to reefing, wanted some opinions on how high to mount these lights, I recently purchased 2 300w. The tanks dimensions 72L 18W 21H in inches. I have from the substrate to the water line measured at 18.5" would like to know also the ideal settings for CH1 and CH2. Main target for coral is LPS and Softies but eventually SPS as well. Also amount of time the lights should be on. Great looking tanks in this thread! Maybe one day mine can be as good looking..

I used a closet storage rail system. If you do it parallel to the tank, you can use the wire hanging equipment.

But I have a perpendicular set up (BRS suggestion) so I had to break the warranty seal by removing the screws and replacing them with bolts and nuts.

Hellybell80 · May 2, 2020

Vakko said:
I used a closet storage rail system. If you do it parallel to the tank, you can use the wire hanging equipment.

But I have a perpendicular set up (BRS suggestion) so I had to break the warranty seal by removing the screws and replacing them with bolts and nuts.

I use that racking system as well, but i built a canopy to hide alot of the wires and hung a canopy off of it, then hung the lights off the canopy. Means I can hide all the wires and brackets giving a cleaner look.
If I want to take the canopy off, I can just lift it off the brackets. In hindsight I probably could have made a smaller canopy.