Thinking of switching to LED for a 55 gallon reef tank.

[Avp]

I keep only LPS and soft corals. I am currently using a fixture with one 14K 175 watt metal halide and two 95 watt VHO actinics. What LED fixture/fixtures would be a good fit for this set up?

 

[gar732]

The best bang forthe buck would be the reefkoi fixtures if you're looking for something that is plug and play. If you're not afraid to DIY check out reefled, this way you can customize the fixture just how you want it and it probaly won't cost any more either since you won't need that many LEDs for lps and softies. Also you could always add more later if you wanted to keep some more light demanding corals. Talk to bill he'll help you figure out just what you need, he's a great guy to deals with. They are both sponsors here so you'll find plenty of info on them.

 

[aquascaper82]

i like the reef brite led's my bf has one on his tank in conjunction w/ t5's. gives it a nice shimmer.

 

[akabryanhall]

I think that the jury is still out on the growth of corals under LED's. May be wrong however, I use LED's as supplementation though. Couldn't be happier!

 

[dougers31]

If it was me personally I'd go with t5's or a t5/led combo. Do you ever plan on keeping sps in the future???

 

[Murfman]

I think that the jury is still out on the growth of corals under LED's. May be wrong however, I use LED's as supplementation though. Couldn't be happier!

Had LEDs since Aug, the Reefkoi Evolutions, and growth is noticeable. Colors are incredible as well. Ecoxotic also just did a growth comparison after 1 year of LEDs on one of their tanks.

 

[Avp]

Are you happy with the Reefkoi Evolutions...any complaints with them? Which ones did you get?

 

[boehm742]

I use a 30" reefbrite bar on my 30" wide tank. I also have 1 t5 fixture with 2x24" Blue+ bulbs. I have great growth throughout the tank. I origionally had 6T5s over but once i got the reefbrite i removed 4 of them and left 2. My SPS does well as well as all my Z's&P's.

I think that the jury is still out on the growth of corals under LED's. May be wrong however, I use LED's as supplementation though. Couldn't be happier!

Here is a pretty good example.
https://www.reef2reef.com/forums/led-lighting-specific/55622-growth-leds.html

 

[Murfman]

Are you happy with the Reefkoi Evolutions...any complaints with them? Which ones did you get?

I have the 1G and love them. 3 of my lights have one cord and the 4th light has two cords. To be honest, the only time I go all blue is when someone comes over and wants to see it. I have Ice Cap 470nM moonlights to give me my sunrise, sunset.