Fixture for a 40 Breeder

[Pete polyp]

Pete, I have been thinking LED for my 40b, but after your post I have changed my mind. How loud is the cooling fan on this? Do you have any pics with this T5 mounted on your 40b? Thanks for the idea!!

There is no cooling fans on these. If you want to have one you can mount a computer fan inside the fixture. I just took off the splash shield and make sure the ceiling fan in the room is on.

This is an old pic of my 40

This is my 29 with the 24" model of that same light

 

[jadwv2210]

I just got my Reef Breeders Photon 32 fixture today and I thought I'd give a brief overview of it for anyone who reads this thread later on and is thinking of buying one.

The box I received was packaged very well and there was no damage to anything inside and I don't see how any of it could be damaged easily.

The tank mounts are fairly easy to install and there are directions in the box on installing them but it is just a picture with the parts numbered and no actual words.

In their stock configuration the mounting legs on the Photon 32 will NOT fit a 40 Gallon Breeder tank. (This is no fault of the people who recommended it to me or the fault of Reef Breeders. It's my fault for not researching it.) However, the aluminum legs that the light sits on when mounted to the tank can be cut with a hack saw fairly easily so that they do slide in far enough to mount the light over a 40 Gallon Breeder.

The fixture is very bright but I don't have any corals yet so I can't comment on its ability to provide enough light for them to grow. The fixture has two channels that you can choose the intensity of Channel 1 being the blue channel and Channel 2 being a white spectrum with a few other colors as well. The moon lights look fantastic on this fixture as well.

Programming the light is a bit daunting at first and I did not read the instructions included with the light but I managed to figure it out quickly on my own. There aren't a huge amount of options on the light to confuse you with but there are plenty of options to make the light do what I wanted it to do.

I thought these lights were made in the USA initially but they are in fact made in China. The quality feels on par though and I have no complaints about it. That being said, the warranty and support for these lights is handled in the U.S. so you shouldn't have to worry there as I've heard great things about Reef Breeders customer support.

Here is a picture of the fixture over my tank. I can't remember what settings I had the light set to though and it HAS been edited with light room to make it appear closer to what I saw with my eyes rather than what the camera picked up.

I'd be happy to answer any other questions about it if anyone would like!