Who uses Reefbrite Halide and LED combo 36 inch?

gfox · Feb 25, 2020

Just checking pros and cons with this fixture

jporter17 · Feb 25, 2020

Use it and love it! Focuses light well in the tank and it’s easy to change the single ended bulbs when necessary. The XHOs really fluoresce the corals and it’s a fan less fixture that runs cooler that others I’ve tried that have fans. Silent which is nice and the support from ReefBrite has been really good when needed. I’ve been running it about 3 years now. I switched one set of the XHOs with a T5s and it’s really hybrid now. My only drawback is all the power cords.

gfox · Feb 26, 2020

Have you noticed any extra heat coming from the fixture to heat you tank water?

jporter17 · Feb 26, 2020

I have a couple little fans that blow across the top of the tank. I live in AZ and even in the summer they keep the tank water below 78 degrees. Unless you have a house that doesn't have AC, or keep it really warm, you'll be OK. Evaporation (via the fans) and a good top off system will take care of it.

RCS82 · Feb 26, 2020

jporter17 said:
I have a couple little fans that blow across the top of the tank. I live in AZ and even in the summer they keep the tank water below 78 degrees. Unless you have a house that doesn't have AC, or keep it really warm, you'll be OK. Evaporation (via the fans) and a good top off system will take care of it.

Good evap means good kalk usage. Nice to hear that the heat isn't a big problem even in AZ.