The local fish store only has freshwater tanks, and from what they have said they have one light in the store that is a plant light made by zetlight. Price wise they said that they would be about the same. The reason I was planning on going for the smaller lights is funding. We currently have enough to get primes to cover the length of the tank but not enough to grow coral well. My current plan is to run the tank with a really long fish cycle (9 months to a year) and then when we can fundraise again next year add more lights to fill in the gaps. The primes seemed like they would be the easiest to move around once we can add more lighting. I would really love to be able to add something like the Neptune sky's.
Just making sure. Would the primes be considered a more expensive or a cheaper light?
No, I had never heard of them. I will look in to them for sure!
Thank you! It is great to see them in action, and here from someone who has used them. It is really helpful!I got 2 Zetlight UFO's with my 75g FOWLR when I bought it from a co-worker that was moving and did not want to keep the tank through the relocation. They were "worth it" for me since I got them along with the entire system and several fish for an overall cheap price.
They seem like pretty good lights, but I have not measured PAR and have not grown any significant corals under them yet to prove how good they are. I just recently added them on my 40B on my work desk.
In general, I feel like the Zetlights are a bit overpriced for what they are. The program for different lighting at different time of day is nice. They are not the brightest lights for the cost, but they are not the worst.
Both pictures are fairly true to eye-view.
40g Breeder tank with only UFO's, running day program near max blue, white, UV, and 50% reds:
Same as before, except also including a relatively-cheap Hygger light (primarily white light with a bit of blue/red/green) since I prefer more full-spectrum light than primarily blue:
