Can we start talking about Glowrium Reef Lights for Budget Nano Reef tank?

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Someone who I trust implicitly has ordered one to test. He has access to lab level spectrometer(s), PAR meters, etc, and spent his own money on the light, so I look forward to hearing what he thinks.
This got me very excited! I am hoping for some insightful results!
 
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Very interesting. Im looking at all options for my display fuge. I know you can use cheap bulbs. But say i run 2 atlas at 240wt and 2 helix a basic light bulb will not out compete main tank! So my options so far
1- this light. They have a freshwater verson which would be great for a 24"x18"x12" fuge. 60wt
2- popbloom almost identical to this light 60wt
PopBloom 60 Watts Aquarium LED Reef Light, Dimmable Full Spectrum Marine LED for 60CM 24inch Saltwater Coral Fish Tanks (Shannon 54) https://a.co/d/bQznYTh
3- Noopsyche mini 60w or k3(over kill) but one heck of a light for 180$
4- Htg 2 bulb high output t5 fixture.
This looks like a great light for the price will look out for par results!
Depending on the par need for the fuge, I kinda liked Nicrew SkyLed Plus. Seems to provide full spectrum and utilize blue and red LED which are to maximize photosynthesis. Just a thought, but they do run a lot lower wattage. But buddy has 2 side by side and it seems to be growing chaeto but time will tell.
 
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I just ordered one. . . so we will see. . .

Glowrium did a good job hiring @enlighten for their marketing team HAHA

ONLY KIDDING!!!
As if xD Maybe they could send me a referral code. Perhaps I should reach out to support and recommend they start posting here actually... then maybe R2R can get a referal code!
 

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Ordered Thursday. . . Arrived Friday!!!

Out of the box it seems pretty well built, though the mounting brackets are a little looser than I would like.

With all channels at 100% it’s pretty powerful. When dialed into (what I would call) reef spectrum it’a still pretty bright but I would say not optimal for SPS (just guessing cause no PAR meter).

aesthetically and spectrally it is a little purple (at least to my eyes)

It does remind me of the Fluval Marine lights, which I like, where it may not offer the aesthetics of more expensive lights, but should grow coral just fine (I have grown plenty of coral including SPS under Fluval lights)

Right now I am running it with my Kessils, but might get a second one and see how the tank does with two.

Obviously, these are just my initial thoughts as I’ve only had the light for a day ha ha but for $100 I’m pretty impressed
 
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sorry for the phone pictures

Light settings:
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Glowrium + Kessil
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Just Kessils:
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Just Glowrium:
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sorry for the phone pictures

Light settings:
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Glowrium + Kessil
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Just Kessils:
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Just Glowrium:
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The "green" channel is actually cyan, so i wouldnt be afraid to use it.

I'd be curious to see what violet, uv and green (cyan) at 100%, blue at 75% and white and red at 40% looks like... Just guesstimating based on what I can see for the diode/color mix.
 

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The "green" channel is actually cyan, so i wouldnt be afraid to use it.

I'd be curious to see what violet, uv and green (cyan) at 100%, blue at 75% and white and red at 40% looks like... Just guesstimating based on what I can see for the diode/color mix.
Good catch I’ll adjust the light
 
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Ordered Thursday. . . Arrived Friday!!!

Out of the box it seems pretty well built, though the mounting brackets are a little looser than I would like.

With all channels at 100% it’s pretty powerful. When dialed into (what I would call) reef spectrum it’a still pretty bright but I would say not optimal for SPS (just guessing cause no PAR meter).

aesthetically and spectrally it is a little purple (at least to my eyes)

It does remind me of the Fluval Marine lights, which I like, where it may not offer the aesthetics of more expensive lights, but should grow coral just fine (I have grown plenty of coral including SPS under Fluval lights)

Right now I am running it with my Kessils, but might get a second one and see how the tank does with two.

Obviously, these are just my initial thoughts as I’ve only had the light for a day ha ha but for $100 I’m pretty impressed
Just reading this! If you can rent a par meter, you should! I am having good growth and polyp extension with just one of these on my 29g Visio.
 
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Bump, I'm buying my first light soon. I was going to go with T5. This is looking very interesting for my 75 gallon LPS, softy. I was also looking at smatfarm, nicrew and noopsyche
The reason I tried Glowrium over those was the form factor. I like that they are strips, the light distributes a lot more evenly providing comparable par for less wattage (more efficiency). Closer to water level too, so pretty much no light leak.

I'm setting up a frag / growout tank with a 20 long and have another one of these lights on it!
 

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I had a tank 15 years ago, but I bought it fully setup and running. We moved across country so I sold it. 3 year ago I tried to build another 75 gallon and failed miserably. Thus time I'm doing full quarantine on everything.
 

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Glowrium @Hooz settings
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I know it's hard to judge from pictures, but I'm not gonna lie, that looks pretty much how I thought it would. :D

Did upping the cyan solve your purple problem?

I'm seriously thinking about grabbing one of these to try out. My only concern is that I run screen tops on all my tanks, and I'd probably have to modify the mounts to work.
 

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I contacted the company about the green cyan mix-up, they said it should be fixed this week in the app. They sent me a video of the par data, but they tested at 17" out of the water. I will order one in a couple of weeks
If I can find a par meter to rent I will do some water tests. I don't believe the par readings are going to be as high as they are stated on their web site. I won't have any high par coral so it's OK for me.
 

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