40g Lighting Help

[Guy W]

I upgraded my 29g to a 40g breeder last week. I had a simple Current USA Orbit Marine LED fixture on that tank, which is now temporarily on the 40g. I'd like to upgrade to something better and need recommendations.

I have some difficult issues to get around potentially though.

1.) I'm only interested interested in keeping corals such as zoas, shrooms, softies and perhaps LPS like a hammer. Not outrageously light demanding.

2.) However, I want to keep my glass top. I don't want to run it open top. It has to be able to work around that.

3.) It can't run too hot or have noisy fans, it's in the living room.

4.) My budget isn't super high. $300-$500 MAX, but I'd love to stay on the lower end.

5.) I don't have a canopy and can't hang lights from the ceiling, they have to mount on the tank in some fashion.

I'd love Kessil or Radion or a pair of similar fixtures but I think the cost will be to high, I assume they don't work well with glass tops given the available mounting solutions, and it's likely over kill.

What's my best option?

Thanks



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[Ron Reefman]

Reef Breeder 32", either the Aquasanrise or the Photon V2. All the basic features of a Radion at 2/3rds the price. They use legs, they run super cool and the glass top will have almost no effect.

If you want to spend less look at Viparspectra and Euphotica. I think they both do 32" fixtures and have some features that the basic MarsAqua doesn't offer.

It's really a matter of what options you want and how much you want to pay. Any 3 watt or 5 watt aquarium led fixture will provide the right light. Cost is all about the features for us humans to play with.

 

[mcgyvr]

^^ yeah what he said

Oh and ATI 6 x 24W (about 8-10" off water)= very happy 40b corals..
I switched a few months ago from LED to a dimmable ATI T5 and couldn't be happier with it..
But the previous LED fixtures were doing just fine too (2 x Ocean Revive S026 run at like 50-60% blue/25-30% white channels)

I just like the color from the T5 to be "better" than LED.. IMO..