What's everyone using to LIGHT their saltwater reef aquarium?

[WWC]

We love to use Radion from Ecotech!

 

[Reefanatik]

I'm running 2-250W MH Radium fixtures 3-XR30 Gen 4 Pro's, 6 XR15 Gen 4 Pro's. Was running 3 MH bulbs but recently removed 1 MH and added 3 XR30 Pro's and I'm really liking the look. sorry for the bad cell pic.

 

[Seymo44]

I’m running Radion Gen5 xr15 pros over my 65. I love the controllability of the lights, however some days I wish I had bought the blues vs the pros. But overall, very pleased!

I also have a reef breeder photon v2 16 over my fluval evo. Overall, this is a great light. Spectrum and intensity are great, controller is ok, and the spread is ok. I have a screen top on this tank to which I fastened a light diffuser to help with spread. When first installed, this light was giving me a slight disco ball effect.

Lastly, my Kessil a80 that I have over my 5gal pico tank is pretty aweful. I’m pretty disappointed in its color and lack of intensity. This is a softie tank, so the intensity isn’t a huge deal, but I wanted this little tank to be as blue as possible; the kessil just doesn’t do it for me. I was actually better off with my cheap Chinese-made Amazon light. I would switch back to the cheap light, but my wife commandeered it for her pico.

 

[Huynhter_Soldier]

4 Radion G5 XR15's over a 60x24x24 , If I wasn't upgrading to a new tank I would add a couple of bars to either side for a little better spread but other than the most frustrating app in history, the lights have been bulletproof.

What tank is that? I was planning on doing 4x xr15 as well and it seems like it's doing the job on yours. I was going to ask if you could message me what exact parts you bought for the 80/20 brackets to house those lights. Thanks!

 

[Huynhter_Soldier]

I'm running 2-250W MH Radium fixtures 3-XR30 Gen 4 Pro's, 6 XR15 Gen 4 Pro's. Was running 3 MH bulbs but recently removed 1 MH and added 3 XR30 Pro's and I'm really liking the look. sorry for the bad cell pic.

Serious power for a serious tank!

 

[AlecV]

I have an AI 32hd going on a Red Sea reefer 170

 

[Roli's Reef Ranch]

Radion XR30 G5 Pro, w/2 Kessil A360x (w/55 deg reflectors), and 2 x 48 inch ReefBrite strips. Good spread and PAR. SPS dominant system 1 yr, 3 mo's old started from 1-inch frags. Pretty happy overall.

 

[bradoo]

Diy reflector, 3x radium 250w old foto

 

[ScubaJan]

This week we are going to dive into some lighting topics and there's no better way to kick it off than to see what lighting everyone is currently using! We also need an answer to the second question as well please! So let's talk about it!

1. What light(s) are you currently using to light your reef tank?

2. What types of corals are you keeping in your tank?

image via @Dipan Desai

I have black box led and would like to get something better, but what? I have a mixture of hard and soft corals and a long tentacled anemone. 90 gallon tank. We’ll lit with daylight and actinic but the led are no longer adjustable and while I like brighter daylight I’d like to tone it down.

 

[ScubaJan]

Radion XR30 G5 Pro, w/2 Kessil A360x (w/55 deg reflectors), and 2 x 48 inch ReefBrite strips. Good spread and PAR. SPS dominant system 1 yr, 3 mo's old started from 1-inch frags. Pretty happy overall.

If you wanted to could the lighting you have be adjusted to more daylight. How is it mounted?

 

[dstockwell]

Two Vaparspectra 165W

 

[don pedro]

This week we are going to dive into some lighting topics and there's no better way to kick it off than to see what lighting everyone is currently using! We also need an answer to the second question as well please! So let's talk about it!

1. What light(s) are you currently using to light your reef tank?

2. What types of corals are you keeping in your tank?

image via @Dipan Desai

Phillips coralcare 1.1
mixt reef

 

[nallured]

Not well known but a very good light made by 21LedUSA. American made. Good par and affordable. I have a mixed reef.

Nice tank! Which 21ledusa models are you running?

 

[1ocean]

update..have 4 radion xr30 blues on the 300. Just added 3 total, 1 Kessil A 360X Tuna blue in between each Radion

 

[branchdressing]

1x Smatfarm Gen1 on the 13.5G
4x Smatfarm Gen2 on the 200G

Putting up a review video soon, these lights are great and super cheap.

What do you have in your 200g and what are your light settings? I'm still tweaking my smatfarms. Also have you seen a problem on the gen2 where the timer function stops working?