Reef Breeders Meridians

[MegabiteOG]

Hey guys, I'm in the middle of planning a 100G acro tank. Dimensions are 47 x 23 x 19. There is no center brace and I plan to use the mounting arms RB sells. I've seen people using the 35 and 45 lights over four foot tanks. With the mounting bars I am limited to light height so would a 35 be able to have enough spread of 400-500 par in the upper levels from side to side or will a 45 be a safer option?

I'd do 45 if you want that par edge to edge.

 

[NCsalt]

Still trying to dial in the look I want and get my corals adjusted that have been under a maxspect razor for a few years.

Meridian 45 Edge Bar Bundle Shallow.






My wife wants more white. Running whites at 50 percent at peak daytime. This is when i get home to the start of the night fade.

Like them so far, got to figure out what I’m doing.

 

[adova]

Quite a read through and I am glad I did.

I am in the beginning stages of a 10' x 30" x 24"(h) acrylic tank that will have 3 openings with two 6" braces. I am still evaluating lights, but I was considering two of the Meridian 63 bundles.

After reading through this thread, it seems like 2x 45's maybe more appropriate and solve some power issues since the 45's can link with the edge bars and the 63's cannot.

It seems like it might be even more ideal to do 3x 35's bundle and position one over each opening. However, the price goes from $5500 to $6800. Is this justifiable?

Also - it seems like if I want the edge bars to be controllable via app, I need a controller board per bar, correct? Is that just a "nice to have" or a "must have"?

For spectrum options, previous posts seem to suggest that Shallow Reef for the Meridian and UV/Blue Hybrid is a good all around build with the current offerings - is that correct?

 

[adova]

@Reef Breeders reached out to me this morning via phone and answered a bunch of questions, so I figured I would pass those answers along here.

Ideal configuration would either be 3x 35's Bundle or 6 x 35's. I haven't figured out which way to go.

The edge bars are controllable via app by default. There was / is an option to by it as manual, but almost no one does that.

The recommended spectrum is the Shallow reef bundled with the Blue / UV if i do the bundles.