I need help with LED.

[opus7397]

I have a 90g corner bow front. I need to upgrade lights. Would like to make it a reef tank. Any suggestions?

 

[Holygral]

It is going to depend on your budget and what you have and may want to keep in the future

 

[bond300]

Odyssea T5 is a good light/w timer less than $150.00

 

[opus7397]

Was thinking about LED lighting. Looking at Orbit by Current-USA

 

[bond300]

WOW that's a nice lighting system I would get one!!

 

[opus7397]

I have read reviews on it and some say its great, but others say it won't be enough light for my 90g tank. Any input would be helpful

 

[bribo12]

I believe you'd need more light on a deep tank like a 90. Carey on this forum has it over a 40 and seems to grow softies and lps well but no results for sps/clams/nems. I'd get two 120 watt dimmable eBay leds if you want to keep anything you want.

 

[mr_X]

It's not enough for your tank. What do you want to spend and what do you intend to keep? If it's just soft corals, the fixture above will be fine, but if you want to be able to keep clams, anemones, and acropora, you are going to want something much stronger.
2 of these would work well-
New 2014 120W Dimmable LED Aquarium Light Marine Coral Reef SPS LPS White | eBay

 

[Smoothmullet]

One reef breeders value fixture dimmable. Run it at 70 percent blues 40. Whites grows well. Placement is important. Personal two is overkill because of the shape of the tank

 

[mr_X]

Oh...corner tank. Gotcha. I'm thinking 48". The reef breeders and the one I posted a link to are basically the same. I bet they are the same manufacturer. The extra colors are just personal preference.

 

[Morty069]

Illumagic blaze led the best investment I've made for my tank check it out on you tube there made by Dalua

 

[mr_X]

made in Taiwan? According to this article they are not made by the Aussie company-
Illumagic Blaze gets LED color control demonstrated on video

That's a ton of money to keep corals under. I'd rather go with the Radions or Sols, or Hydra 52's if I was considering spending a grand on lighting.