How many LIGHTS are you using and your FAVORITE brand?

How many lights (fixtures) do you have over your tank?

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    Votes: 68 7.8%
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REEFCRAFT

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2 x hydra 32hd and Reefbrites. Tank is 48x24x16
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Standared 90g 48×18×24.
Lighting 1 48 inch hydroplanet t5ho 4 bulb fixture.
1 48inch fluval marine but its used for blue and ramp up and down.
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Custom Giesemann MH/T5: 4x24W T5, 1x250W Metal Halide (Phoenix 14K ) over a WaterBox 40.2 AIO

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Hey, i have this same light over my 30x24x16 lagoon. How high off the water is your MH? Whats your photoperiod? Specifically how long are you running the MH?
 

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Took me a long time to give up my Halides, now I wonder why I was so darn hardheaded.
three fixtures Reef breeders and two Orphek bars.
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Running two red sea 160s. This far I have no complaints. I like the ease of the app and the straight forward approach. I am sure there are better lights out there, but for now they do the job.
What size tank do you have them on and what. Orals are you currently keeping under them I was looking at the 160s but not many reviews.
 

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Running two red sea 160s. This far I have no complaints. I like the ease of the app and the straight forward approach. I am sure there are better lights out there, but for now they do the job.
May I ask, what size tank and what type of corals are you keeping?
 

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A pair of very heavily modified / rebuilt Maxspect G2's that I brought back from the grave.
All new LED's, new power distribution boards with meanwell drivers.
Probably start slowly swapping them out of the system over the next few months though.
Decent PAR but the only control I have is timers for the different channels.


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Currently my main tank light is a 5' ATI 8 bulb T5 and the frag tank is an XR15. Working on an upgrade list and going to be switching to the G5 Pro's.
 

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Using an AI Prime. Waiting until after the partner giveaway to upgrade to a Hydra 32 or Radion XR15 G5. Just in case I win something ;)
 

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4 tanks..
60g Cube: Reefbreeders Photon V2+ Pro 16
20g long: Reefbreeders Photon V2+ Pro 16
40g breeder: Reefbreeders Photon V2+ Pro 24
Fijicube 108: 3x Radion G5 XR15 Pro
 

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I have two lights that I use in my tank. Brand is AI the HD 32. I absolutely love them I just recently upgraded to these 3 months ago. And I have seen exponential growth in my tank. I still have some black Chinese boxes for backup every once in awhile I'll turn the blues on but that's it. I love AI
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4 ledzeal.com x200 superblue.
Tank size 8x3x2ft.
Lights max out at 42% per channel and getting 300 par on the bottom.
 

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Ati 8x80 - all blue plus bulbs with two reef brite strips (50/50 & Actinic) on 6’ 125
 

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I have 10. Four Reefi Uno Fixtures, two t5 fixtures, and four AliExpress LED bars with a custom layout and updated drivers.

Way too much light with them all on, but my spread is beautiful and I have a lot of room to turn it up if I ever need.
 

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1. How many lights (fixtures) do you have over your tank and what's the dimensions of your tank?

One tank - 4 Orphek atlantik with 3 OR3 Bars
Other tank - 2- Orphek OR3-150 plus 3 Ai Htdra 26HD

2. Which brand(s) of lighting are you using for your reef tank?


My preferred lighting is Orphek followed by Ai Hydra
 

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