What lighting are you using?

tank o tang · Feb 23, 2018

What lights are you running above your tanks? Are you happy with them or would you go differently?

Fourstars · Feb 23, 2018

MH 36" Metal Halide T5 Aquarium Light Reef Marine Coral 406W LED Leg 250W Bulb. Search this on Ebay.

Had to upgrade the bulbs but great value!

Bubbabobobbrain · Feb 23, 2018

Reef breeders photon v2 led fixture. I like the way it looks with the color and shimmer but I won’t be able to tell you if I like it until I stock my tank with ciral. Come on ffm hurry up and get here, lol

taxiem · Feb 23, 2018

AI Prime HD. Love the colour, shimmer, controllability and settings. customer service fab too consideering I am in UK and have emails response within the hour no problems xx

DanielCervantes · Feb 23, 2018

Hybrid setup
Gen 4 XR30W pros with T5’s

tank o tang · Feb 24, 2018

Time to upgrade the lights and want to go led. Anybody running the vervve lights? Leaning towards 3 hydra 52s. Was thinking 3 kessil 360s but worried about to much shimmer and prefer control and setting from the phone or laptop. Radions are just a little more than I want to spend and worried about the color disco ball. Not sure how the ap700 would line up with tank braces. Going in a canopy about 10" off the water. 180g tank mixed lps/sps/zoas. Only 1 shot to get something I am going to like. And most pics and vids aren't like seeing in real life. Thoughts?

cccharliecc · Feb 26, 2018

I have a 220 and I'm gonna upgrade to 3 - A360WE Kessils in a week or so.

Jim Heenan · Feb 26, 2018

DanielCervantes said:
Hybrid setup
Gen 4 XR30W pros with T5’s

I would argue the ideal set-up

JMetaxas · Feb 26, 2018

The next piece to my 180 gallon reef tank is lighting. No doubt, it will have SPS, LPS and a few softies too.

I'm thinking about 2 Kessil AP700's. They seem to have good reviews and would cost quite a bit less than triple Ecotech XR30W.

What say ye?

NB Reefer · Feb 26, 2018

I run two Kessil a160 and a black box with plans to upgrade to the aquatic life hybrid fixture to add T5s. I love the Kessil shimmer.

tank o tang · Feb 26, 2018

Went with kessil ap700's. Wife said she really liked the shimmer. Ordered 2 but think I'm going to get a 3rd. I'd rather have to much and tune them down than wish I had that little extra later. Going to be hanging them on my light rack about 10" off the water.

coral-boss · Feb 26, 2018

Ap700 over my 4ft 120. Really beginning to love this light.

Kvinal · Mar 7, 2018

I run ati/NanoBox hybrid. Love it

Water Dog · Mar 7, 2018

Kvinal said:
I run ati/NanoBox hybrid. Love it

Dave does some amazing work!

Eagle aquatics315 · Mar 7, 2018

tank o tang said:
What lights are you running above your tanks? Are you happy with them or would you go differently?

I am running 2 kessil A160 tuna blues and they are by far better that any other light I have used before. I wouldnt have any other lights running on my tank.

Braxton · Mar 7, 2018

Two kessil 360we's. Want to get the Aquatic Life T5/LED hybrid to add T5 in with my kessils.

Water Dog · Mar 7, 2018

Full circle... CFLs, MHs, long break from the hobby, Nanobox LEDs, Kessil AP700. And now that I want to get serious and go full acropora on my new build, I just picked up a 6 bulb ATI Sunpower with a Reefbrite Blue XHO strip.

Wieloch89 · Mar 7, 2018

3 Radion XR30 prod on my 6 foot 30 inch tall tank. Wouldn’t trade them.

Holy_makerel · Mar 7, 2018

DanielCervantes said:
Hybrid setup
Gen 4 XR30W pros with T5’s

My dream setup! Right now I'm using a 16" SB reeflight and a single t5 on either side over a 60 gal mixed reef. Pretty happy with it but man, I'd love a radion over it