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

[Skimmer Juice]

Im actually loving my maxspect , I went with the 16k fixture as I prefer a more blue look in my tank (no sps) but if I want to I can turn the white up and the blue down and it looks Just like my t5 fixtures on my other tank. So I think you could do a 16k and still be happy. Also as for the guy with the broken light, just because one broke does not mean its a crap light. Have been running mine for a few months now without any issue. Originally I was going with either the radion or the maxspect razor , went with the razor mostly because it came with mounting harware wich is nice , also there is a lfs here the owner was using 1 radion and 1 razor on the same tank and I prefered the look of the razor and the fixture is alot better looking IMO.

[Slyguy00]

I love my razor and would reccomend it to anybody. I dont understand people saying things about it being to blue or whatever since it is adjustable and you can make it whatever shade you want. If its to blue, turn up the white or down the blue. Pretty straight forward. Anywayz i have the 16,000 and i love it.

[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.