Light bar recommendation please

BanZI29

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I am going go supplement my current USA lighting with a actinic blue light bar. Which one do you all think is good. The orphek OR60


Or a reef bright lumilite pro actinic bar?


Thankyou everyone and Merry Christmas!!!!
 

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I just went with the reef Breeders lumenbar. Haven’t set it up but it was between that and the Orphek for me. I went reefbreeders because I am pretty sure I can mount it to my hydra. I’ll see once I’m home
 

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IMO sell what you have on Craigslist and research and buy:


Extremely cost effective at only $149 per light, the quality of light and the LIGHTING OPTIONS you will have on color and intensity WILL BLOW YOUR MIND.

The day I demo'ed these at my LFS, I was so blown away, I walked out replacing my entire lighting system. 6mos later now and the grow and color im seeing is mind blowing

Never regretted that decision....

Watch these videos on tanks lit by Noopysches:

This one in particular will melt your eyeballs with eye candy:


Another:


This one shows the product pretty upclose:
 
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IMO sell what you have on Craigslist and research and buy:


Extremely cost effective at only $149 per light, the quality of light and the LIGHTING OPTIONS you will have on color and intensity WILL BLOW YOUR MIND.

The day I demo'ed these at my LFS, I was so blown away, I walked out replacing my entire lighting system. 6mos later now and the grow and color im seeing is mind blowing

Never regretted that decision....

Watch these videos on tanks lit by Noopysches:

This one in particular will melt your eyeballs with eye candy:


Another:


This one shows the product pretty upclose:

Honestly I wish I had known about this light before I started. But I have what I got. But I do like the current USA LOOP setup because I can have it all connected in one bluetooth program, both the lights and the wave pumps. So for now just need too suppliment till I upgrade my tank next year
 

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If you want a LED bar that best simulate a T5 and total without any discoeffect - I would recommend GHL Mitras LightBar 2. You can run them without a controller but you can also use some of the Profilux different computers and - in that case - you can individually control every channel.

I use these as main light in my aquarium.

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Sincerely Lasse
 

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I have 3 hydra 32hd over my 75int. I’m adding for shading and growth.
Update on the reefbreeders lumen bar. Sending them back, barely could tell they were on and they looked absolutely horrible above the tank. I don’t recommend
 

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Check out the OR3's. You wont be
sending them back, imo.
I agree! Those were my top but I didn’t need PAR and I had more confidence on connecting to my hydras with the reefbreeders. I’ll see where I’m at in 6 months and try the Orpheks
 

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Reef brite xho bar, well worth the cost since your lights are not the most powerful. You get what you pay for in lighting.
 

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How have you liked it? Visually did it as any blues?
It is well made and solid. Mine is probably 2 yrs old now. It does add lots of blue - I have a 48inch bar over a 20" deep tank. They are also easy to take apart and clean or repair/modify. It has 2 bands of LED - Actinic and UV. It has 32 LED that are 3W each - so about 96W output. It is a supplement and would need other lighting to grow SPS, but it could grow softies possibly
 

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