I'm super excited for you to get this tank complete! I can only imagine how you feel
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Nathan what made you decide on the Orphek lights over the other led lights out there
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I really liked the Orphek over my frag tank. I have had it for several years and it has colored up and grown all the varieties of corals that I have put under it. I also like the wider distribution of LEDs on the panel. Additionally, it would have cost at least twice as much to fully cover the tank with Radions and I am not sure how much I like their gen 5 (I did like the gen4).
Those Orpheks are sick but $1100 is nuts! Lol
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Well, they do cover a relatively large area. Anyways, haven't you noticed, just about everything in scope and scale on this system is nuts? I have repeatedly questioned my sanity both in the planning stages and during the actual build. I have no good argument against anyone who sees the aquarium and says "Your nuts", I just kind of have to agree with them, lol.
I have the giesemann VerVve have had good luck with.had these lights a few years always looking to improve coral color and growth.the bottle brush colony I got from you is changing colors . New growth is purple with bright green coralite tips .I really liked the Orphek over my frag tank. I have had it for several years and it has colored up and grown all the varieties of corals that I have put under it. I also like the wider distribution of LEDs on the panel. Additionally, it would have cost at least twice as much to fully cover the tank with Radions and I am not sure how much I like their gen 5 (I did like the gen4).
I have the giesemann VerVve have had good luck with.had these lights a few years always looking to improve coral color and growth.the bottle brush colony I got from you is changing colors . New growth is purple with bright green coralite tips .
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Well, I have only ever had two lights, AI Sols and Orphek Atlantiks. I know what works well for me and the only other light I had considered was the Radion G4s as they have a proven track record as well. I do think quality lights are a necessary component to accomplishing what I want to do with my system.
With everything else involved in this build and trying to find the time to do it, I ruled out attempting to build my own lights. I will happily pay a professional to build a proven, polished quality light and spend my time an energy elsewhere.
I agree with brad. You could have done better.
I have a tread. It's about the opposite of a build thread.Do you even have a build thread bro?