Can we start talking about Glowrium Reef Lights for Budget Nano Reef tank?
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enlighten
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Depending on the par need for the fuge, I kinda liked Nicrew SkyLed Plus. Seems to provide full spectrum and utilize blue and red LED which are to maximize photosynthesis. Just a thought, but they do run a lot lower wattage. But buddy has 2 side by side and it seems to be growing chaeto but time will tell.
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As if xD Maybe they could send me a referral code. Perhaps I should reach out to support and recommend they start posting here actually... then maybe R2R can get a referal code!
MoshJosh
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Ordered Thursday. . . Arrived Friday!!!
Out of the box it seems pretty well built, though the mounting brackets are a little looser than I would like.
With all channels at 100% it’s pretty powerful. When dialed into (what I would call) reef spectrum it’a still pretty bright but I would say not optimal for SPS (just guessing cause no PAR meter).
aesthetically and spectrally it is a little purple (at least to my eyes)
It does remind me of the Fluval Marine lights, which I like, where it may not offer the aesthetics of more expensive lights, but should grow coral just fine (I have grown plenty of coral including SPS under Fluval lights)
Right now I am running it with my Kessils, but might get a second one and see how the tank does with two.
Obviously, these are just my initial thoughts as I’ve only had the light for a day ha ha but for $100 I’m pretty impressed
Out of the box it seems pretty well built, though the mounting brackets are a little looser than I would like.
With all channels at 100% it’s pretty powerful. When dialed into (what I would call) reef spectrum it’a still pretty bright but I would say not optimal for SPS (just guessing cause no PAR meter).
aesthetically and spectrally it is a little purple (at least to my eyes)
It does remind me of the Fluval Marine lights, which I like, where it may not offer the aesthetics of more expensive lights, but should grow coral just fine (I have grown plenty of coral including SPS under Fluval lights)
Right now I am running it with my Kessils, but might get a second one and see how the tank does with two.
Obviously, these are just my initial thoughts as I’ve only had the light for a day ha ha but for $100 I’m pretty impressed
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sorry for the phone pictures
Light settings:
Glowrium + Kessil
Just Kessils:
Just Glowrium:
The "green" channel is actually cyan, so i wouldnt be afraid to use it.
I'd be curious to see what violet, uv and green (cyan) at 100%, blue at 75% and white and red at 40% looks like... Just guesstimating based on what I can see for the diode/color mix.
MoshJosh
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Good catch I’ll adjust the light
That will tone down the purple look a bit too.
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What do you think so far? Do you have a par meter to test compared to the kessil setup?
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The reason I tried Glowrium over those was the form factor. I like that they are strips, the light distributes a lot more evenly providing comparable par for less wattage (more efficiency). Closer to water level too, so pretty much no light leak.
I'm setting up a frag / growout tank with a 20 long and have another one of these lights on it!
whammack
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I had a tank 15 years ago, but I bought it fully setup and running. We moved across country so I sold it. 3 year ago I tried to build another 75 gallon and failed miserably. Thus time I'm doing full quarantine on everything.
I know it's hard to judge from pictures, but I'm not gonna lie, that looks pretty much how I thought it would.
Did upping the cyan solve your purple problem?
I'm seriously thinking about grabbing one of these to try out. My only concern is that I run screen tops on all my tanks, and I'd probably have to modify the mounts to work.
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I contacted the company about the green cyan mix-up, they said it should be fixed this week in the app. They sent me a video of the par data, but they tested at 17" out of the water. I will order one in a couple of weeks
If I can find a par meter to rent I will do some water tests. I don't believe the par readings are going to be as high as they are stated on their web site. I won't have any high par coral so it's OK for me.
If I can find a par meter to rent I will do some water tests. I don't believe the par readings are going to be as high as they are stated on their web site. I won't have any high par coral so it's OK for me.
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