Help chosing light for my first reef tank :D

[manwol]

Hello all and pardon my bad English.
Im building my first tank here: 90cmx45cmx45cm (35”x17”x17”) full LPS and will be mixed (SPS <25%) and in my LFS they only have Hydra32 (wait a month to order) and Xr30 G5 (avalable right now).
So i asked if i could use one Xr30 for my tank? Ànd if could, how height should i mount it?
Or need to wait 1 month to have 2 Hydra32 or 2 Xr15 G5?
My tank started to cycle at 03/03/22, 18/03 40 liters WC cause No3 too high, then 1 vial of Biodigest and 1 vial of Biotim, then i also use Tropic Marin nitribiotic too. Now my Nh3 always under 0.02ppm (by Seachem Alert).

 

[vetteguy53081]

Hello all and pardon my bad English.
Im building my first tank here: 90cmx45cmx45cm (35”x17”x17”) full LPS and will be mixed (SPS <25%) and in my LFS they only have Hydra32 (wait a month to order) and Xr30 G5 (avalable right now).
So i asked if i could use one Xr30 for my tank? Ànd if could, how height should i mount it?
Or need to wait 1 month to have 2 Hydra32 or 2 Xr15 G5?
My tank started to cycle at 03/03/22, 18/03 40 liters WC cause No3 too high, then 1 vial of Biodigest and 1 vial of Biotim, then i also use Tropic Marin nitribiotic too. Now my Nh3 always under 0.02ppm (by Seachem Alert).

Highly recommend orphek OR3-90 light bars
Start with one:
Sky blue
And
blue plus

 

[dedragon]

orpheks are great but check out the new chihiros 1, i think it will become a new competitor to the radion xr 15 and right now the intro price is half off. Im looking into getting them too but debating whether or not to switch from t5 led bar combo to full led with led bar

https://reefbuilders.com/2022/03/28...minal-entry-into-saltwater-aquarium-lighting/
https://www.chihirosaquaticstudio.c...oducts/chihiros-nova-marine-light-coral-light

 

[dedragon]

they are apparently big in the freshwater game but it looks like they copied the radion with their first reef ready light (honestly a good choice on them)

 

[manwol]

Highly recommend orphek OR3-90 light bars
Start with one:
Sky blue
And
blue plus

In my country, there’re not many choices. I think it about: Hydra, Radion, illumagic x mini/x4

 

[manwol]

orpheks are great but check out the new chihiros 1, i think it will become a new competitor to the radion xr 15 and right now the intro price is half off. Im looking into getting them too but debating whether or not to switch from t5 led bar combo to full led with led bar

https://reefbuilders.com/2022/03/28...minal-entry-into-saltwater-aquarium-lighting/
https://www.chihirosaquaticstudio.c...oducts/chihiros-nova-marine-light-coral-light

Hard to find one :(

 

[dedragon]

I would check if they will ship to you being an asia based company https://www.chihirosaquaticstudio.com/pages/about-us

they should have more asia based websites as well, hard for me to find them using american search engines though

 

[dedragon]

contact reefi as well as they may be able to help you out as well, idk shipping costs though, but they may ship direct from wherever it is built
https://www.reefi-lab.com/contact-us/

 

[vetteguy53081]

In my country, there’re not many choices. I think it about: Hydra, Radion, illumagic x mini/x4

Hydra 26 is very good
Orphek is worldwide

 

[Freenow54]

Like pre programed Aquanest. Has app for phone

 

[manwol]

contact reefi as well as they may be able to help you out as well, idk shipping costs though, but they may ship direct from wherever it is built
https://www.reefi-lab.com/contact-us/C

contact reefi as well as they may be able to help you out as well, idk shipping costs though, but they may ship direct from wherever it is built
https://www.reefi-lab.com/contact-us/

China is closing their border for battling with Covid19 so all near LFS said I have to wait till end of April then their will be light :(

 

[manwol]

Hydra 26 is very good
Orphek is worldwide

I will ask if there any orphek, so if there is one orphek 4 v2 could do the job for my tank size? And how height should i mount it?
Thanks

 

[vetteguy53081]

I will ask if there any orphek, so if there is one orphek 4 v2 could do the job for my tank size? And how height should i mount it?
Thanks

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