duderubble Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Hey light gurus, help me out here. I was at my not so local lfs and they had a light that was 18 inches, had extensive controls (storms, yada yada) and came with a powerhead/wave maker that it also controlled. They had a variety of sizes. The dude said it was a nice "entry level light" I can't remember the name to check out reviews. Cost was like $225 Sound familiar? Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted April 13, 2017 Share Posted April 13, 2017 Sounds like the new orbit Link to comment
duderubble Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 No that's cheaper and doesn't come with a powerhead. Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 Just now, duderubble said: No that's cheaper and doesn't come with a powerhead. There is a new one..... orbit loop I think it's called. Comes with the powerhead. Link to comment
duderubble Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 Yeah that looks like it. The lfs has it overpriced. Seems too good to be true. Has anyone around here tried it? Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 28 minutes ago, duderubble said: Yeah that looks like it. The lfs has it overpriced. Seems too good to be true. Has anyone around here tried it? I haven't tried it..... I use the orbit pro and they send me emails all the time. I was amazed I even remember what it was called! Link to comment
duderubble Posted April 14, 2017 Author Share Posted April 14, 2017 How is the orbit pro? Link to comment
WV Reefer Posted April 14, 2017 Share Posted April 14, 2017 5 minutes ago, duderubble said: How is the orbit pro? I love it..... of course my tank is shallow, so I have grown pretty much whatever with it so far. The special modes like the storm are cool but I never use them really. My tank is on a book shelf so I needed something slim. Link to comment
Clown79 Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Many use the orbit and like it. Theres nothing wrong with these fixtures or the lighting itself rather it won't work for deep tanks. Link to comment
MainelyReefer Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 Man it's disappointing me people aren't steering other reefers away from these lights, I had Xenia under the older version of these lights and they began to wither up, put them under kessil or AI prime and within a week they fluff up and pulse crazily again, this was in a IM 10 gallon and the lights were similar distance to the water line, while my experience is with older equipment from that company I don't find myself wanting to risk that these new ones will be any better, there is a reason they are cheap and people say to use them in shallow tanks Link to comment
CronicReefer Posted April 20, 2017 Share Posted April 20, 2017 1 hour ago, GraniteReefer said: Man it's disappointing me people aren't steering other reefers away from these lights, I had Xenia under the older version of these lights and they began to wither up, put them under kessil or AI prime and within a week they fluff up and pulse crazily again, this was in a IM 10 gallon and the lights were similar distance to the water line, while my experience is with older equipment from that company I don't find myself wanting to risk that these new ones will be any better, there is a reason they are cheap and people say to use them in shallow tanks They are cheap because they use low wattage LEDs and put out less lumens/PAR and therefore require a shallow tank to maintain the proper light levels. The lights work great if you use them on a shallow tank like they are designed. If you use them on a deeper tank then expect your corals at the bottom to suffer. Link to comment
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