GSP dead?

[jandin101]

Yes I have the fluval marine lights. I’m thinking to try to get gently used lights because I would like good quality ones but I’m trying to not spend 1000$ on it at the same time.

If you're curious on your potential options:

Cheapest and best lights I have for my Reefer 300 tank is an ATI T5 hybrid fixture I bought from someone exiting the hobby used for $50. 4 new bulbs for $20 a pop. I got a used Reef90 LED from RedSea for $100 or so for the middle for some shimmer. T5 would also be good enough for you to keep the more difficult corals as well, if you'd want to experiment with that.

Biggest downside is you have to change the bulbs once a year or so. The other downside is the T5 lights have a lot of light spillage. It lights my living room up like a very blue Christmas tree. My T5s are also more powerful than I need as I'm not keeping super demanding corals, and the only way to control intensity on the fixture I bought is how high the fixture is from the tank.

I'm not sure if you'd get so lucky searching for a fixture, but you might. T5s are considered old tech so they are being sold used for pretty cheap where I am. If you don't care about shimmer, you could probably find a pure T5 fixture for pretty cheap too, and that'll be good for almost anything you might want to keep.

 

[CBonito]

If you want to see how they react to more light, bring them up closer to it and see if they open.

 

[BZOFIQ]

GSP you said?

If there is one think I always said about GSP is that it likes flow over it and NOT into it.

 

[jazreef]

GSP you said?

If there is one think I always said about GSP is that it likes flow over it and NOT into it.

Wow! That’s beautiful

 

[crewsfish]

ok cool. Specific recommendations I can make for you that would work, each bullet point is one option to use and they vary by price. Keep in mind that you will not want a single spotlight or small matrix fixture, because the center brace on your tank will block light. You will want a bar or large matrix, or a fixture with 2 lights on it, to bridge that center brace.

• 2-3 of these ophek bars side by side lengthwise, combo of daylight and blue: https://amzn.to/3Ocp85I
• one of these noopysche fixtures: https://noopsychereeflight.com/products/k7-pro-iii-full-set-aquarium-led-coral-light
• one of these nicrew fixtures: https://amzn.to/3O90oLs

Some higher end options which will yield better coral growth, coloration and control:

• one of these kessil ap9x fixtures: https://amzn.to/4b35suI
• one of these reefbreeders photon fixtures: https://shop.reefbreeders.com/products/photon-32-v2-pro
• One of these Reefi fixtures: https://www.reefi-lab.com/product/reefi-led-duo-extreme/

ok cool. Specific recommendations I can make for you that would work, each bullet point is one option to use and they vary by price. Keep in mind that you will not want a single spotlight or small matrix fixture, because the center brace on your tank will block light. You will want a bar or large matrix, or a fixture with 2 lights on it, to bridge that center brace.

• 2-3 of these ophek bars side by side lengthwise, combo of daylight and blue: https://amzn.to/3Ocp85I
• one of these noopysche fixtures: https://noopsychereeflight.com/products/k7-pro-iii-full-set-aquarium-led-coral-light
• one of these nicrew fixtures: https://amzn.to/3O90oLs

Some higher end options which will yield better coral growth, coloration and control:

• one of these kessil ap9x fixtures: https://amzn.to/4b35suI
• one of these reefbreeders photon fixtures: https://shop.reefbreeders.com/products/photon-32-v2-pro
• One of these Reefi fixtures: https://www.reefi-lab.com/product/reefi-led-duo-extreme/

The Photon 24 from Reefbreeders should work well also for mixed reef and is a little less than the 32.

 

[jazreef]

ok cool. Specific recommendations I can make for you that would work, each bullet point is one option to use and they vary by price. Keep in mind that you will not want a single spotlight or small matrix fixture, because the center brace on your tank will block light. You will want a bar or large matrix, or a fixture with 2 lights on it, to bridge that center brace.

• 2-3 of these ophek bars side by side lengthwise, combo of daylight and blue: https://amzn.to/3Ocp85I
• one of these noopysche fixtures: https://noopsychereeflight.com/products/k7-pro-iii-full-set-aquarium-led-coral-light
• one of these nicrew fixtures: https://amzn.to/3O90oLs

Some higher end options which will yield better coral growth, coloration and control:

• one of these kessil ap9x fixtures: https://amzn.to/4b35suI
• one of these reefbreeders photon fixtures: https://shop.reefbreeders.com/products/photon-32-v2-pro
• One of these Reefi fixtures: https://www.reefi-lab.com/product/reefi-led-duo-extreme/

Hey just a question, do you have any review or info on the ai hydra 26 HD?