10K or 16K Maxspect LED lights, which would you buy?

[Sig]

I had it for a few weeks, but sold it. The disco effect made me (as many others) crazy. Otherwise light is not bad. I am planing to get Hydra now, since they have frosted glass to reduce disco effect. 16K is way to go

[DomG]

This thread is just what I was looking for, im setting up my first reef tank and have decided to go with the 300W R420R Razor LED 43.5 inch. Will this be the only light I will need? I wont have any hard corals just easy stuff to start with.

[Madreefer]

Ahhh get both

[425nm]

Does no one else think the 10K model looks really purple relative to the 16K?

[Sig]

Originally Posted by DomG

I wont have any hard corals just easy stuff to start with.

everybody says the same when they start this hobby. just in a few months your tank will be full

[DomG]

Sig do you think the one light we be fine or would I have to supplement another light strip later? I was thinking if needed I could add 2 of the kessel spots.

[Spyd]

I ran a 16k for a while and ended up selling it off. I didn't like the look of it. There was way too much disco ball effect going on in my tank. I had a hard time looking at it, it was that bad.

One other issue I had was the built in timer. Here in Ontario we have these stupid smart meters so I like to have my lights run longer at night on non-peak hours. The timers do not run past midnight which was definitely the deal breaker for me.

[DomG]

I saw this light on a few tanks and I didn't see much shimmer in the water but I guess the more agitation the more shimmer you will see. They looked very white so I would assume they have turned down the blue tones. That's unfortunate to hear about the timer will this light run moon light effects all night?

[spit.fire]

I ran mine from 8pm - 4am....

[Slyguy00]

Originally Posted by Spyd

One other issue I had was the built in timer. Here in Ontario we have these stupid smart meters so I like to have my lights run longer at night on non-peak hours. The timers do not run past midnight which was definitely the deal breaker for me.

Not sure what was wrong with yours but they are 24 hour programable. If you couldnt run yours past midnight it was broken. And if you think the razor is bad for strobe effect try a hydra. They are really hard to look at during the day