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Lighting advice needed from the pros!

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nightmarepl

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I know you guys have more experience and recommendations are highly popular here need some led light advice

Hey All looking to buy some lower budget lights for my 200 gallon tank unfortunetly not really interested in spending 500+ for a light was looking at the Amazon lights and they all look great

First choice is this one
https://a.co/d/bXvLO2LCon - expensive for the 180 watt version nor sure i need that much watts

Second choice is the one
https://a.co/d/iwtOAs3Con - no mobile setting / remote style setting which might be tougher then expected

Third choice
https://a.co/d/fVnjPriCon seems to have mixed reviews price is ok..
Needs to have a controller to program which might be good


If anyone has had experience or knows these lights or something along these lights they recommend please help me out
 
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Rueric

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I dont have any experience with the lights in your posting, but when i was doing research on good budget lighting options, NooPsyche came up in a lot of my research.
noopsychereeflight.com

NooPsyche K7 PRO III kit with arm bracket

NP K7 PRO III v3 Aquarium LED Coral Light. Better spectrum out / Excellent Growth / Feed Almost all the of the SPS/LPS coral in one reef tank isn't a dream especially red coral / Natural perfect mixing and Shimmer / Superior Color Mixing / The best mixing spectrum technology / Affordable price...
noopsychereeflight.com noopsychereeflight.com

I did pick one up, used it as basic lighting for a QT, seems very powerful, UI was not as easy as AI or Ecotech but once you get it set up, should be good to go
 
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nightmarepl

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MadReefer said:
Not sure where you located but welcome to come by and check them out.
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I’m in hopatcong honestly i was thinking on ordering like 4 lights on amazon and just look what’s gonna be the best fit free returns anyways
I also don’t wanna spend 500+ on a light when a 200$ one can do the same results
 
MadReefer

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I bought ha 22w UV light during July prime days. I tossed it in my sump and seems to be helping along with adding sand sifters, turkey baste sand and a few water changes.
Figured if no good free 30 day return.
 
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Whatever you do stay away from Lominie. One light was flickering and customer service wouldn't replace and 6 months later light was dead. Plus the app truly sucks.
 
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nightmarepl

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MadReefer said:
Whatever you do stay away from Lominie. One light was flickering and customer service wouldn't replace and 6 months later light was dead. Plus the app truly sucks.
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I was also looking at the orphek bars but getting their full detail info is kinda weird
Like how many bars do i need?
How do you control and link them?
They seem the best and frankly look very Advanced
I’d get like 3 bars but i dunno what’s the best route
 
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nightmarepl

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MadReefer said:
The ones I have you can set one as master and other slave. When you set master it sets the slave as well.
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The smatfarm light just came in and damn it looks really good actually seems powerful setup looks easy wondering if it’s worth doing 3-4 of them and it’ll make my corals actually grow
 
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nightmarepl

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MadReefer said:
How big is your tank? I use two over an 80g, 48Lx24Wx16H
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Tanks 72 x 30 x 22 200 gallon display I’m thinking 3 maybe 4

Plan on keeping mostly hammers, torches, couple of very easy sps thinking like montis bird nests maybe nothing crazy the cheaper stuff
 
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nightmarepl said:
Tanks 72 x 30 x 22 200 gallon display I’m thinking 3 maybe 4

Plan on keeping mostly hammers, torches, couple of very easy sps thinking like montis bird nests maybe nothing crazy the cheaper stuff
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The lights should cover 2 foot, you might get away with three.
 
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DangerDave

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I've been using Kessil since I moved to adding corals to my tank. Recently I've been picking up used AP700's for around $200 a pop for a project I'm working on with a couple of my sons. One deal got me three for $500. Great light for the current used market price. The app for the ap700 kinds sucks, but once you are set up it doesn't need to be touched.
 
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