60 gallon lighting

[bink177]

I’m looking into lighting options for my 60 gallon beeeder. It’s dimensions are 48x18x18 and I plan on having a mixed reef. I’m not looking for the best performing or the most budget option. What’s the best value lighting option? Any advice is appreciated!

 

[fishywishy]

Noopsyche k7 pro

 

[slogan315]

for 18” height, you don’t need a ton of power. And since most lights have a square coverage, the 18” depth will mean each puck style light should only cover ~18”/48” to avoid wasted light spill. In short, your issue will be getting enough light spread not necessarily getting lights to punch deep.

So you could do 3-4 puck style lights, 1-2 rectangular coverage lights, panel, or bars.

A few popular lights that come to mind in these categories:

Puck:
- AI Prime
- kessil 360x
- Noopsyche k7 v3

Rectangle:
- kessil ap9x
- radion xr30
- orphek icon

Panel:
- reefbreeders photon/meridian

Bars:
- quanta helix
- Orphek or3/or4
- AI blades

I personally am using t5 led hybrid with 1 noop k7v3 and an aquatic life t5 hybrid fixture over a 60g cube (24x24x24).

Im likely downsizing to a 40 breeder after a move soon. The plan is to use 3 noop k7v3 for a full sps tank. Noops are less polished than brands like kessil and AI, but par for $$, they are great value and grow corals.

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

I would consider a pair of Nicrew 150 watts for that tank.

 

[Ef4life]

Orphek has options

2 orphek compacts would do very nicely since a 60b has a center brace, One full size atlantik wouldn’t have the spread to reach end to end and you’d lose light to the brace.

2 orphek naturas would be like the compacts but like 2x the power. They are basically a full sized atlantik in compact size body.

The orphek led bars. You can mix and match up to 6 led bars and control them with the osix on one power supply. So you can get spread and intensity.

Reefbreeders 48” photon is another choice but discontinued now, the new meridian looks promising but expensive. 2 24” models daisy chained together on one power supply would be the setup I’d look at from them

 

[vlangel]

I like my ReefBreeder Photon V-24 and it was a great value. Your tank is is a 4' tank and mine is only 30". My light is hung 14" above the water surface and there is light spill at each end. I bet if you hung that fixture 18" above the water surface you would get good coverage. 18" would not be too high to get enough par for a mixed reef since I get pretty good par and my tank is 24" high.