What lighting type(s) do you use over your primary coral tank?

[Rob K]

8x 36 inch T5s and 4x kessil A360WE LEDs 6 ft tank

Beautiful images. Thanks for sharin!

 

[Rob K]

Aquatic Life T5 with Kessil A360x

 

[J1a]

LEDs, still tuning the spectrum.

 

[Smite]

I'm 10x54w t5 and kessils at the moment. I've got some quanta bars on the way to help get deep blues. If they perform as well as I hope, the t5's may get replaced with all quanta bars later this year.

Excuse the pump setup, currently battling some dinos with UV

 

[LagoonLounge]

on my Reefer 250 I had 2 ReefLed 90s but wanted more par and spread to help with sps so I've just added a AquaticLife T5 hybrid 4 bulb 39w.

any recommendations on 4 giesemann bulb for sps growth and colour

 

[54Dutchman]

LEDs Kessil and reef bright.
Halides are obsolete - the selection and availability of bulbs is almost nonexistent, 3 Years ago you had many choices,
Fluorescent in every industry being converted to LED, so they will also be phased out existence.

I liked the halide/fluorescent hybrid lighting but debating on their worth is useless as the hobby trends can not change the world trends.

 

[RedReefer]

T5’s With LED’s

 

[Tayreef93]

I'm using 4t5 and 2 kessil a360x over my 75. Great shimmer from the kessils and nice even spread from the t5's.

What type of corals are you keeping. I was thinking of using that exact combo for my 75g sps dominant tank in the future.

 

[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

Just t5s. I didn't see it in the vote so I voted flourescents.
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[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

8 bulb 48" tek light with ATI and griessman bulbs.
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[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

432w. 2 channel. 1 plug. No fan. No timer. No dimmer. Lol.
House wall timer.
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[monkeyCmonkeyDo]

I supplement with a diy led bar for non light times. Dimmed all the way down but I can still turn it up for the blue glow and actinics everyone craves.
I think its 5-7 5w royal blue bridge luxes.
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[Tayreef93]

Was halides with led. Now led only on nano cube and frag system.
Just took down my 120 with 2 250 halides and Orphek bars.
It is being replaced with a 80g 48x24x16. Easier for me to work on/in.
The 80 will be all led. My halides are in storage for a rainy day build, lol.
I will go with 16hds on the 80 based on my results with my frag and nano systems which are running them.

Was halides with led. Now led only on nano cube and frag system.
Just took down my 120 with 2 250 halides and Orphek bars.
It is being replaced with a 80g 48x24x16. Easier for me to work on/in.
The 80 will be all led. My halides are in storage for a rainy day build, lol.
I will go with 16hds on the 80 based on my results with my frag and nano systems which are running them.

Im getting ready to set up a 20g nano lps dominant tank with a 16hd prime. Looks like they are growing your sps really well!

 

[xyzner]

A Giesemann aurora V8. 8 80w T5’s and 5 led pucks.
Large acro colonies need that diffused light.

I think I follow your tank on YouTube and Instagram. One of my favorites.

How do you like the V8?

 

[minus9]

Too bad you cannot cross reference these number with how long each person has been in the hobby. I think that might show some insights as well...

I started in saltwater when I was 11, that was 1980. I had freshwater when I was younger.

 

[Tamberav]

t5 on frag tank and t5 + led on main tank. My tiny pico's have just led (but hey if they made a 12 inch ATI t5... ha!)...

Planning on swapping to all LED's but only because I am moving away from acropora. Not saying you can't grow acro's with just leds... it's just expensive to get the same coverage with led vs t5.

 

[Nonya]

Just t5s. I didn't see it in the vote so I voted flourescents.
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You voted correctly. I couldn't go back to change it.

 

[ClownSchool]

The lighting debate is far from over. LEDs seem to be the dominant lighting type at the moment, but there are still options out there. This poll is to determine just how popular each lighting type or types are at the moment.

Please answer this poll based on your PRIMARY coral tank.

I’m using AI Hydra 32’s over a 55 gallon because I’m new to the hobby and heard from multiple sources that it’s the best bang for the buck. $320 a piece and not disappointed. Great shimmer. Feeding and lunar phases. Ramp-up schedule for setting changes. And, the variety of downloadable preset options for the app was a nice feature.

 

[Biglew11]

What type of corals are you keeping. I was thinking of using that exact combo for my 75g sps dominant tank in the future.

Right now only softies, a struggle with dinos and then red turf algae over ran my Lps. before that they were doing great under this combo. At the time I was running the kessils at about 50% and had about 150 par on the sand bed.

 

[Superlightman]

LEDs Kessil and reef bright.
Halides are obsolete - the selection and availability of bulbs is almost nonexistent, 3 Years ago you had many choices,
Fluorescent is every industry being converted to LED, so they will also be phased out existence.

I liked the halide/fluorescent hybrid lighting but debating on their worth is useless as the hobby trends can not change the world trends.

It is the customers choices that will decide. If most of the reefer choose one technologie believe me some manufacturer would follow