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Ron Reefman · 08/01/2018, 06:07 AM

wertoiuy, At 4' lomg you are going to need either 2 of the Mars Aqua standard units, about $200 total, or 1 of the 32" units which is a little bit less. I'm not sure if the Viparspectra or Ocean Revive is really much better. They would have built in timers and slightly more power (they all have 3 watt leds but the Mars Aqua drives them at 1.85 watts and everybody else drives them at 2.2 watts. I haven't checks current specs, but I assume they all do aluminum cases these days. And the Viparspectra and Ocean Revive probably fall above you budget. All of the more common brand names will be way above your budget even at wholesale cost.

Good luck.

08/01/2018, 06:07 AM	#341
Ron Reefman Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Cape Coral, FL Posts: 10,431	wertoiuy, At 4' lomg you are going to need either 2 of the Mars Aqua standard units, about $200 total, or 1 of the 32" units which is a little bit less. I'm not sure if the Viparspectra or Ocean Revive is really much better. They would have built in timers and slightly more power (they all have 3 watt leds but the Mars Aqua drives them at 1.85 watts and everybody else drives them at 2.2 watts. I haven't checks current specs, but I assume they all do aluminum cases these days. And the Viparspectra and Ocean Revive probably fall above you budget. All of the more common brand names will be way above your budget even at wholesale cost. Good luck. __________________ The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it. (Neil deGrasse Tyson) Visit my build thread http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2593017