New Current USA Orbit R24 LEDs

aggrofish · Feb 12, 2022

I had 2 of the IC pro LEDs with their wave makers. Hopefully this new light is a lot better. I did like the colors of the light and the app. I even played with the gimmicky storm settings and connected it to a speaker for about an hour. I didn't get much in the way of growth. This was with stable params and dosing. Everything exploded when I switched to ReefLed 90s and 50s. I did like the individual color channels on the orbit marine IC pros better than the Red Sea, but the growth wasnt even close. I'm guessing these new lights are closer, maybe even better. I mean they basically look like a knock off red sea.

Aparker2005 · Feb 12, 2022

Picture pre coral and fish.

What's weird is I have a cheap saltwater led from Amazon on our qt tank. The corals in there while we switch look AMAZING. Much better than they ever have with the Current lights. Hopefully I just need to work with the settings, but we're both shocked at how much more the corals pop in this cheap, weak led VS the higher quality Current lights.

Aparker2005 · Feb 17, 2022

Here's an update with coral and fish. Not sure what has happened, but since moving everything from the 75 gallon and adding a 4th light, all of our corals are out doing better than ever. Not sure if the additional flow from better pumps, more light, or what is going on, but so far it's great!

The light on our 20 is a Nicrew blue and white led bar. The colors on that light make the corals color look much better than the R24. I was shocked at how good and vibrant they looked.

While the R24s provide great growth, the colors just don't seem nearly as deep in color. I should have taken a picture for comparison, but anyone have any tips for that?

nicholas2010e · Feb 17, 2022

Aparker2005 said:
Here's an update with coral and fish. Not sure what has happened, but since moving everything from the 75 gallon and adding a 4th light, all of our corals are out doing better than ever. Not sure if the additional flow from better pumps, more light, or what is going on, but so far it's great!

The light on our 20 is a Nicrew blue and white led bar. The colors on that light make the corals color look much better than the R24. I was shocked at how good and vibrant they looked.

While the R24s provide great growth, the colors just don't seem nearly as deep in color. I should have taken a picture for comparison, but anyone have any tips for that?

what are your light settings?

Aparker2005 · Feb 17, 2022

nicholas2010e said:
what are your light settings?

Sunrise - blues 40%
Whites 10%
Reds 5%
Green - 0

Daylight - blue 100
White 60
Red 10
Green 10

Sunset blue 30
White 10
Red 5
Green 0

Moonlight - blue 5, all others 0

On at 10:30 am, sunset starts at 930 so we can watch the tank some before bed (we have a 2 year old).

nicholas2010e · Feb 18, 2022

Aparker2005 said:
Sunrise - blues 40%
Whites 10%
Reds 5%
Green - 0

Daylight - blue 100
White 60
Red 10
Green 10

Sunset blue 30
White 10
Red 5
Green 0

Moonlight - blue 5, all others 0

On at 10:30 am, sunset starts at 930 so we can watch the tank some before bed (we have a 2 year old).

Here is the post that has all my settings. Ours seem very similar

Thread 'Review/Personal Experience of Current USA's R24 Reef LED 52 Watt'
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/r...-of-current-usas-r24-reef-led-52-watt.893141/

Danroo · Feb 18, 2022

Just an update: I’m not sure what to think of this.

after adding the current strip lights with the R34 I’m seeing a huge growth in coralline but the bad part is it only grows heavily where the strip is placed. Same with my powerhead. It’s only growing on the strip part of light.

I am seeing growth in my tank slight growth from monti, stylophora and 2 lps coral nothing has died after I fixed the alkalinity issue.

either that part of the tank is being blast with light and the coralline doesn’t like high amounts of light or it’s not enough. Here are some pictures.

Aparker2005 · Feb 20, 2022

Since I hated selling my percula clowns, I think I'm gonna set up a 20g tank for a new pair with our extra R24 lying around. Should be plenty for that size tank.

In the meantime, here's our newly converted from freshwater 125!

Danroo · Mar 17, 2022

Update: I just bought Ai prime 16 hd for my second tank and rented a par meter today( have it till tomorrow ).

I’m disappointed to say I was right this light is not good for a mix reef tank compared to AI. I’m running full intensity on r24 while only getting 210 par max on top my rock, while getting 490+ from AI prime. Plus I’m also running the ic strip as well. For almost the same price this light is not worth buying.

I gave in on buying the ai prime for a different tank is to see my bleaching stylophora bounce back with the ai prime, which it did with half intensity.

Aparker2005 · Mar 17, 2022

Danroo said:
Update: I just bought Ai prime 16 hd for my second tank and rented a par meter today( have it till tomorrow ).

I’m disappointed to say I was right this light is not good for a mix reef tank compared to AI. I’m running full intensity on r24 while only getting 210 par max on top my rock, while getting 490+ from AI prime. Plus I’m also running the ic strip as well. For almost the same price this light is not worth buying.

I gave in on buying the ai prime for a different tank is to see my bleaching stylophora bounce back with the ai prime, which it did with half intensity.

That's really weird as most of the R24 people post between 3 and 500 on tops give or take some. Wonder if you may have a bad one

Danroo · Mar 17, 2022

Aparker2005 said:
That's really weird as most of the R24 people post between 3 and 500 on tops give or take some. Wonder if you may have a bad one

I probably do, if that’s the case. I ordered it from Amazon and it seems this is my bad buy. The ai prime I got was from my lfs, same with renting a par meter.

this was also one reviewer who did his readings on Amazon. It could be an Amazon problem.

nicholas2010e · Mar 18, 2022

Danroo said:
Update: I just bought Ai prime 16 hd for my second tank and rented a par meter today( have it till tomorrow ).

I’m disappointed to say I was right this light is not good for a mix reef tank compared to AI. I’m running full intensity on r24 while only getting 210 par max on top my rock, while getting 490+ from AI prime. Plus I’m also running the ic strip as well. For almost the same price this light is not worth buying.

I gave in on buying the ai prime for a different tank is to see my bleaching stylophora bounce back with the ai prime, which it did with half intensity.

Ya that is really strange. I think you may have gotten a dud light

Danroo · Mar 18, 2022

I opened a case with current. Gave them what they asked for in the morning they haven’t responded back yet. In the meantime I kept testing par on my tank max I’m getting is 300 on top of my rocks and drops drastically compared to ai. Plus I’ve been using a glass top to avoid evaporated which cut down to 130 max on top.

Aparker2005 · Apr 3, 2022

The new version will be available very soon. This makes me wonder if my 4 52w versions are enough for our 125? We seem to be getting good growth so I'm assuming so

Meet the NEW 95 Watt Orbit R24 Reef LED Light

Bring your reef to a whole new level with the all new 95 watt R24 REEF LED light. Delivering a light intensity and color spectrum specifically for corals, it provides optimal growth, eye-popping color rendition and brilliant shimmer. LIGHT OUTPUT CORAL COLOR The 95w R24 features a high ratio of...

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legionofdoon · Apr 5, 2022

Well that's kinda bull, it's the same 5w chips and ratio just ran at a higher wattage. They should've just released the 95 watt and let us dial it back or somehow give us with the 52 the ability to drive ours at 95 watts. As it is I have to dial mine back so I don't burn stuff. If I run my blues over 60% my zoa's on the sand bed close up.

legionofdoon · Apr 5, 2022

Orbit R24 REEF LED Light for SPS and LPS Corals

Orbit R24 REEF LED lights deliver a light intensity and color spectrum specifically for SPS and LPS corals, producing optimal growth and vivid colors.

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legionofdoon · Apr 5, 2022

Open both links in different tabs and compare.

Aparker2005 · Apr 9, 2022

Anyone else been using these lately? Or tried the new 90w? Don't think they're available yet, so probably hard to get any feedback yet.

As expensive as it would be to upgrade, I think we'll be keeping our 52w.

On our 20g, we have 1 of these with 85% blues and 45% whites for daylight.

We have 4 on our 125 with 100% blue and 50% whites for daylight. On at 10:30 am, and start to ramp down at 9:30 pm. I stopped using the red and green.

Still decent growth so far, but maybe I'm used to fresh still and corals grow much slower. We've got a TON of growth from our softies, and jedi Monti.