Best lighting for 6ft 125

[Sabellafella]

If you want to spend some money you could go with the 60 inch 8 bulb ati hybrid, but if it were me, i would concider an 8bulb with some type of LED strips mounted.

 

[twilliard]

@twillard 700 + bux per light I bout fainted lol

LOL its more like 1100 each :)

 

[CoralIN]

@twillard 700 + bux per light I bout fainted lol

LOL its more like 1100 each :)

One thing that is often overlooked is the total cost of lighting a system. The Orphek Alantik is able to cover the same amount of area as 2 of most of the other leading fixtures. People fail to realize how powerful and big this unit is. This is a BIG light and it's able to cover a BIG area with enough intensiy for SPS throughout a tank, not just at the top and not just in the middle. Try a 48"x30" area with 1 light on a 24" deep tank. That's a whole lot of tank for only one light.

Check out this picture of an Atlantik v2.1B with one of it's competitors.

Is size everything? No, but when it comes to value it's often hard to compare apples to apples on these lights without seeing them all next to each other. The Orphek comes with built-in wifi and hanging kits in the box.....no additional costs, no additional accessories, pull it out of the box and cover a LOT of tank.

 

[twilliard]

And they produce their own chips :)

 

[Luke Schnabel]

I have Hydra 26's running on my 125... Will be making a switch to T5 this fall... I think T5 is a better light for coral