Will this lighting be good enough? 75 gal

[immaman2011]

I'm sure something nice will pop up for you well before then.

https://a.co/d/ccsutln

These have really good reviews. And I've seen people talk about them a lot on this site. 95w each side for a 75gal is decent right?

 

[Mr. Mojo Rising]

Nicrew are good quality low budget lights, I would probably go for 2 x nicrew 150 watts. Better to be overpowered and dim the lights than be under-powered and regret.

 

[immaman2011]

I would want between 200-300 watts for that size tank. I would probably go for 2 x nicrew 150 watts, they are good quality low budget lights.

A little too pricy for me right now, im going to try to get away with 2 95w reef lights for now.

The smatfarm brand 95w lights, i got 2 of them i got them for $138 a piece. Its better then the 30w lights i was going to buy. Plus right now im only using a 40w cool white/green LED light bar. So this is a vast improvement.

 

[kyreefville]

I have 1 smatfarm g5 (higher wattage) on my 55 corner. Due to its foot print I had to go with one light. It has performed well for a year. Running at about 65% for blues at peak. They lack the individual channel timer control so you set your channel desired intensity and the timer turns all on and Ramps all up to desired intensity.

 

[immaman2011]

I have 1 smatfarm g5 (higher wattage) on my 55 corner. Due to its foot print I had to go with one light. It has performed well for a year. Running at about 65% for blues at peak. They lack the individual channel timer control so you set your channel desired intensity and the timer turns all on and Ramps all up to desired intensity.

Yes the sundown/sun-up effect of the timer is what sold me on the two 95w ones i got! Plus i read they are coming out with a 2nd gen bracket arm to replace the ones everyone is having a hard time with lol.

 

[kyreefville]

Yes the sundown/sun-up effect of the timer is what sold me on the two 95w ones i got! Plus i read they are coming out with a 2nd gen bracket arm to replace the ones everyone is having a hard time with lol.

Not sure what problem people are having. Though I ended up mounting my bracket/arm to the wall and its rock solid.

 

[Reginald Reefer III]

You will forever be resentful that you didn't save for good lights in a reef tank. Save some money on other things, but DO NOT skimp on lights if you want long term success.

 

[immaman2011]

Yes the sundown/sun-up effect of the timer is what sold me on the two 95w ones i got! Plus i read they are coming out with a 2nd gen bracket arm to replace the ones everyone is having a hard time with lol.

Not sure what problem people are having. Though I ended up mounting my bracket/arm to the wall and its rock solid.

Im not completely sure.....but they are saying its very flimsy? And hard to get centered without using additional tape and washers.

 

[immaman2011]

You will forever be resentful that you didn't save for good lights in a reef tank. Save some money on other things, but DO NOT skimp on lights if you want long term success.

Ill be good. Not spending almost $600-$700 on lights. These will fit pretty well into what I need them for. Not going crazy with coral only doing a few softies. My current 40w light bar is not enough so I'm upping to 2 95w reef lights. Should be plenty.

 

[kyreefville]

You will forever be resentful that you didn't save for good lights in a reef tank. Save some money on other things, but DO NOT skimp on lights if you want long term success.

Won't say I'm resentful. If I were to do it over again I'd probably go with the Noopsyche k7 seems to have a decent following here. https://noopsychereeflight.com/products/k7-pro-iii-full-set-aquarium-led-coral-light

 

[immaman2011]

You will forever be resentful that you didn't save for good lights in a reef tank. Save some money on other things, but DO NOT skimp on lights if you want long term success.

Won't say I'm resentful. If I were to do it over again I'd probably go with the Noopsyche k7 seems to have a decent following here.

Yeah i was looking at a1 primes those are $360 each and are only 59w full power. My LFS uses them and they have great looking corals.

 

[immaman2011]

This is plenty bright and the LEDs are really hot lol. Glad they have fans. I adjusted it to give off more purple and blues with less white and greens.