This my first post here, I have been doing a lot reading and research on lighting for my tank and need some help deciding which is best.
I have 210 gallon tank that 72 h x 24 w x 29 h with an apex 2016 controller. I have a mix of coral from sps to lps and softies. Right now I am running for lights is a Current led which are... I have 90 gallon that is running a reef breeder light that I picked up used which is great for that tank.
I am going back and forth on 3 sets of hydra 52hd or xr30w pros. I am concerned about the coverage over 6' range with the depth of 29". I like the lower power consumption of the 52 but the 30 seems to put out a just a little more. It's unclear to me if the 52hd will work with my apex or not as I am reading mix results. On the apex forum their was a reference to an announcement that support was now available but I couldn't find the news release. I am not a fan of the fan on the bottom of the xr30 as that can take up salt into the system.
My local lfs is running 52hd and the employee has them on his home tank. He showed me how the program works on his phone. They swear by them there. I have not seen the XR 30 anywhere in person.
Would love to hear other people's feed back. I am not closed to other suggests and open to not using the apex controller for the lights.
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I have 210 gallon tank that 72 h x 24 w x 29 h with an apex 2016 controller. I have a mix of coral from sps to lps and softies. Right now I am running for lights is a Current led which are... I have 90 gallon that is running a reef breeder light that I picked up used which is great for that tank.
I am going back and forth on 3 sets of hydra 52hd or xr30w pros. I am concerned about the coverage over 6' range with the depth of 29". I like the lower power consumption of the 52 but the 30 seems to put out a just a little more. It's unclear to me if the 52hd will work with my apex or not as I am reading mix results. On the apex forum their was a reference to an announcement that support was now available but I couldn't find the news release. I am not a fan of the fan on the bottom of the xr30 as that can take up salt into the system.
My local lfs is running 52hd and the employee has them on his home tank. He showed me how the program works on his phone. They swear by them there. I have not seen the XR 30 anywhere in person.
Would love to hear other people's feed back. I am not closed to other suggests and open to not using the apex controller for the lights.
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