Reluctantly looking for LED, thinking about Reefi

reef’r · 2026-09-08T09:07:59-0400

I’ve been kicking around the idea of making the switch from MH to LED for a while. I’ve always been interested Quanta, his helix bars and his new panel light that’s coming out is exciting. I’ve also always heard the Reefi is good stuff, at least from the people that use them they absolutely love them I like the duo extreme from them. My tank is 4x2x16 SPS system. I’ve also looked into reefbreeders but a Photon v2 pro not the meridian. What do you guys think? Any Reefi users out there?

exnisstech · 2026-09-08T09:26:19-0400

No reefi but I really like my photons v2 pros over my SPS tank. Photons would most likely have to be found used. I also have meridians. I like the meridians but given a choice I would choose the photons. I was looking at the reefi bars to add to my meridian 45 and see they don't run on an app. I see that as a positive.

oreo54 · 2026-09-08T10:40:48-0400

exnisstech said:
No reefi but I really like my photons v2 pros over my SPS tank. Photons would most likely have to be found used. I also have meridians. I like the meridians but given a choice I would choose the photons. I was looking at the reefi bars to add to my meridian 45 and see they don't run on an app. I see that as a positive.

There looks to be some 16" and 24" Photons still available.
24" is like $620 if you include the side tank mounts ( $70 mounts ).

mfinn · 2026-09-08T11:37:10-0400

I briefly had a Reefi Uno I was going to use but the plans fell through.
I did fire it up ( over a empty tank ) and was impressed with the color and the amount of light that fixture put out.
One thing I was really impressed with was how solid and well built the fixture was.