Product Review: Reef Breeders Photon 48-V2+

[Heabel7]

I just got my photon 48 V2 and rented a par meter. So I figured if there was anyone out there wanted some general readings on their current set up I would take them while I have the meter. Until 5/28ish.

I have a fully set up 90. I can give you
6”
12”
16”
Directly under The fixture, it is a fairly good blanket of light so as long as your not way off center this should be very useful.

 

[RSnodgrass]

Thanks again for doing this, awesome analysis!

 

[revenant]

lil necro here... hope everyone is having a super Friday! So I bought a 300G tank (96L x 30W x 23H) and it came with two of these photon 48 v2+'s in very nice shape.

Photon 48-V2+ (Discontinued)

The Photon series is our flagship line of lights, and the second generation of the Photons brings many of the features our customers have requested from us since the release of the widely popular Photon Series. The Photon V2+ breaks away from the ugly "Black Boxes" of the past, bringing a...

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I have been using two 165w Vipar Spectra lights on my 100G and they've been so nice. I love them and I am debating getting two more of them and selling off the photon v2+'s ... this tank is so wide I am unsure the photon's will have good coverage.. idk.. So I was trying to plan out how to use both the photons and the add the two vipars after I move everything to the 300.. but it's would be a bit of an odd fit..

Anyways the photons seem like very good lights so I am torn but I am leaning towards running 4x vipar spectra's hung sideways for best coverage of this wide-ish tank. Or are the photons worth giving a shot first before giving up on them? Thoughts?

 

[Dburr1014]

lil necro here... hope everyone is having a super Friday! So I bought a 300G tank (96L x 30W x 23H) and it came with two of these photon 48 v2+'s in very nice shape.

Photon 48-V2+ (Discontinued)

The Photon series is our flagship line of lights, and the second generation of the Photons brings many of the features our customers have requested from us since the release of the widely popular Photon Series. The Photon V2+ breaks away from the ugly "Black Boxes" of the past, bringing a...

shop.reefbreeders.com

I have been using two 165w Vipar Spectra lights on my 100G and they've been so nice. I love them and I am debating getting two more of them and selling off the photon v2+'s ... this tank is so wide I am unsure the photon's will have good coverage.. idk.. So I was trying to plan out how to use both the photons and the add the two vipars after I move everything to the 300.. but it's would be a bit of an odd fit..

Anyways the photons seem like very good lights so I am torn but I am leaning towards running 4x vipar spectra's hung sideways for best coverage of this wide-ish tank. Or are the photons worth giving a shot first before giving up on them? Thoughts?

Photons grow everything.
30 wide tank it the pitfall. They are good for 24".
The only other thing I can suggest is taking out the lenses and cranking them up. You lose the punch but get the spread. Or, T5 supplements.

 

[revenant]

Photons grow everything.
30 wide tank it the pitfall. They are good for 24".
The only other thing I can suggest is taking out the lenses and cranking them up. You lose the punch but get the spread. Or, T5 supplements.

interesting.. T5 supplementation I didn't consider but like the idea of. Thanks for that suggestion and the bit about the lenses!