What lighting are you using?

[tank o tang]

What lights are you running above your tanks? Are you happy with them or would you go differently?

 

[Fourstars]

MH 36" Metal Halide T5 Aquarium Light Reef Marine Coral 406W LED Leg 250W Bulb. Search this on Ebay.

Had to upgrade the bulbs but great value!

 

[Bubbabobobbrain]

Reef breeders photon v2 led fixture. I like the way it looks with the color and shimmer but I won’t be able to tell you if I like it until I stock my tank with ciral. Come on ffm hurry up and get here, lol

 

[taxiem]

AI Prime HD. Love the colour, shimmer, controllability and settings. customer service fab too consideering I am in UK and have emails response within the hour no problems xx

 

[DanielCervantes]

Hybrid setup
Gen 4 XR30W pros with T5’s

 

[tank o tang]

Time to upgrade the lights and want to go led. Anybody running the vervve lights? Leaning towards 3 hydra 52s. Was thinking 3 kessil 360s but worried about to much shimmer and prefer control and setting from the phone or laptop. Radions are just a little more than I want to spend and worried about the color disco ball. Not sure how the ap700 would line up with tank braces. Going in a canopy about 10" off the water. 180g tank mixed lps/sps/zoas. Only 1 shot to get something I am going to like. And most pics and vids aren't like seeing in real life. Thoughts?

 

[cccharliecc]

I have a 220 and I'm gonna upgrade to 3 - A360WE Kessils in a week or so.

 

[Jim Heenan]

Hybrid setup
Gen 4 XR30W pros with T5’s

I would argue the ideal set-up

 

[JMetaxas]

The next piece to my 180 gallon reef tank is lighting. No doubt, it will have SPS, LPS and a few softies too.

I'm thinking about 2 Kessil AP700's. They seem to have good reviews and would cost quite a bit less than triple Ecotech XR30W.

What say ye?

 

[NB Reefer]

I run two Kessil a160 and a black box with plans to upgrade to the aquatic life hybrid fixture to add T5s. I love the Kessil shimmer.

 

[tank o tang]

Went with kessil ap700's. Wife said she really liked the shimmer. Ordered 2 but think I'm going to get a 3rd. I'd rather have to much and tune them down than wish I had that little extra later. Going to be hanging them on my light rack about 10" off the water.

 

[coral-boss]

Ap700 over my 4ft 120. Really beginning to love this light.

 

[Kvinal]

I run ati/NanoBox hybrid. Love it

 

[Water Dog]

I run ati/NanoBox hybrid. Love it

Dave does some amazing work!

 

[Eagle aquatics315]

What lights are you running above your tanks? Are you happy with them or would you go differently?

I am running 2 kessil A160 tuna blues and they are by far better that any other light I have used before. I wouldnt have any other lights running on my tank.

 

[Braxton]

Two kessil 360we's. Want to get the Aquatic Life T5/LED hybrid to add T5 in with my kessils.

 

[Water Dog]

Full circle... CFLs, MHs, long break from the hobby, Nanobox LEDs, Kessil AP700. And now that I want to get serious and go full acropora on my new build, I just picked up a 6 bulb ATI Sunpower with a Reefbrite Blue XHO strip.

 

[Wieloch89]

3 Radion XR30 prod on my 6 foot 30 inch tall tank. Wouldn’t trade them.

 

[Holy_makerel]

Hybrid setup
Gen 4 XR30W pros with T5’s

My dream setup! Right now I'm using a 16" SB reeflight and a single t5 on either side over a 60 gal mixed reef. Pretty happy with it but man, I'd love a radion over it

 

[sassAwrasse]

8bulb T5 with 2 rapid LED 48" blue strips on a 80g shallow.