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I’m looking for more of a sleek look but it’s possible later.
There's nothing sleeker than the reefi lights!
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I’m looking for more of a sleek look but it’s possible later.
Yeah got myself 3 g5 xr15s blue for my 120 gallon sps tank. Spread is insane. But ull need a canopy for it. It lights up the whole room lol.I went with two G5’s blue and I’m glad I did.
The coverage and color blending is similar to my thr t5/led hybrid. I added a sbreef bar to the front and I can’t even tell if it’s on or not. Almost as if it’s not needed.
I’ve also heard from others who owned both the orphek and G5’s and they say the G5’s hands down the better light. The orpheks par drops off outside the length of the fixture, you get disco ball effect and the occasional LED/board swapping.
Don’t do it man. You will regret it. A360x don’t have much power and if your tank is more than 12” tall, it won’t even hit 100 par at the bottom.
Do you think one would be sufficient for a mixed Reef 24”L x 12”D?
https://www.reefi-lab.com/reefi-led-duo-info/ Have you looked at these lights?I’m currently undecided between the g5 blue or orpheks.
Has anyone seen both in person?
Sweet DIY work you’ve done. Did you do any PAR readings? Looks like you haven’t had any SPS long enough to see any growth, which is my concern. Sure the Kessil is enough to sustain, but growth is another thing. From my research I saw the Kessil pushes sub 250 on mostly blue colors. Have you observed otherwise?I run a single A360X over my DIY AIO 20g long tank. The display is roughly 24"x12" and everything I put in the tank does well. You can check out my build thread for more info but my light is about 12 inches above the tank and I could probably lower it to 10". The light itself maxes at 52% peak.
I honestly don't get why people say this light isn't that powerful. I feel like some people don't use the full power of their lights. My lFS owner said radions are dangerous because they can easily fry any corals you put under them if you arn't careful and I would agree. Radions might be powerful, but I think seldom do you have a tank deep enough you need that full power.
Unfortunately I have not taken any par readings. At this point I don't really plan on doing so as I've got it in my head that I HAVE to go to a much larger tank already. So a much much bigger tank (100+ gallon) is in the works hopefully within the next six months. As far as growth on SPS, my campfire digi has very noticeable growth on it. I'd say 1/4" of growth Since I got it in the beginning of March. Which may not be much to some but for me it means I'm not killing it. lolSweet DIY work you’ve done. Did you do any PAR readings? Looks like you haven’t had any SPS long enough to see any growth, which is my concern. Sure the Kessil is enough to sustain, but growth is another thing. From my research I saw the Kessil pushes sub 250 on mostly blue colors. Have you observed otherwise?
I ran a Kessil 360WE for a long time on my Reefer 170. I do not have any PAR reading but my SPS is colorful and healthy. But my coral do shows shadowing. A year ago, I came across Illumagic and with Luis Rosa's tank youtube:Do you think one would be sufficient for a mixed Reef 24”L x 12”D?
My Orphek went back and BRS confirmed it had two diodes were bad in it on a new unit. My illumagic shows up tomorrow, but heavily considered G5, or G4. from my research everyone said G4 was just as good and the money wasn't worth an upgrade. If that helps any, I can let you know what I think of the illumagic when I get it going
I have used black boxes inbthe past andcsti would do. Growing corals with colour was never a problem with them. There are wants and needs in this hobby. With lighting I have a want. Best VFM light on the market for ne are the Evergrow range. I currently have Orphek Atlantics V4 2s that I got cheaply. Do I need them, heck no.While many lights including cheap Chinese black boxes all will grow corals... I recommend going with Radion since majority of top vendors use them.
And when you have issues with coral coloration/growth, you won't have to wonder if it's your lighting.
don't hesitate. great lights, easily adjusted, acclimation mode and finally solid spread. i should mention that mobius has been a painless app for me.Hi, chiming in here late since I didn't know illumagic existed and was about to get a G5 blue. is there a reason it's not more known? Seeing amazing reviews from personal users