CURRENT USA 48 - 60" Inch Orbit Marine LED Saltwater Reef Marine Aquarium Light | 24 Hour IR Lighting & eFlux Wave Pump Control | Adjustable Color Spectrum for Fish Tank (4103)

This is a good light for seeing the fish and owner enjoyment. If you are a hard core reef keeper with fancy coral you will need to get more than one to get the PAR you need. If you have a nice fish only tank and just want to see the fish this is great. I actually put it on an African cichlid tank and it works great, brings the blues out in my fish great and I like that it will run a full day and night cycle with a dawn and dusk without my intervention is great. This is not the brightest light by far, but it is also very reasonably priced for what you get. Like I said if you are a hard core reef keeper this is probably not going to make you happy unless you have a very, very shallow tank. If you don't need a bright light and want a nice light to see the fish this is a great light, best one out there in my opinion. There are many brighter ones, but they cost a lot more too. This light uses a lot of low watt LED's. It is cheaper to put a lot of low watt LEDs then fewer high watt LEDs. The problem is that the low watt LEDs don't penetrate the water as well as the high watt ones do. High watt LEDs are good for growing things, low watt lights look nice and are cheaper to build and you have more ability to use different color LEDs if you have a lot of them. The dynamic lighting modes are what sets this light apart. If you have not yet, go on YouTube and watch the videos. The modes are pretty cool. The lightening mode is the favorite of my kids and it is pretty realistic for a light with a small controller. Other LED lights out there are much brighter, but you pay more, they are harder to program and they turn the white lights on or off and the blue lights on or off. This fixture is able to vary the lights much more. It has a nice dawn and dusk feature that is fully programmable and being able to sit and watch the simulated clouds go over my fish tank is pretty fun to watch. Honest truth is that as far as the fish are concerned they don't really need any light. As long as they can find the food that is all they care about. This light is for the owner and if you don't have to grow plants or coral, why waste the money, energy and time on a higher watt light that you have to clean the algae in the tank more? Just wish they made the freshwater plus light with the controller...

8/12/16 Update 9 month old light: I've upgraded my tank from a 6g to a 20g Innovative Marine nano and using the same light. All my corals seem pretty happy and continues to thrive at a consistent rate, except for the candy coral that is just sustaining. I've placed my flowerpot and Duncans near the top and their growth have been pretty good. Third attached picture shows the flowerpot and you can see the new growth at the bottom where the exoskeleton is white. The growth of my corals have been slow but steady which I am happy with given the potential turf wars if the growth rate is any faster. I definitely recommend this light to the leisure hobbyist who is just beginning to dip their toes into saltwater tanks. ----------original review below------------------- I got this light for my 6 gal Fluval Edge reef tank. I have mainly polyps, mushrooms, and soft corals. I do have a candy cane and a hammer. I admit, I had mixed feelings about either getting this model or the pro model for double the price. After lots of research and even consulting my local LFS, I went ahead with the purchase. I figure since my tank is barely 8 inches deep, I should have more than enough light. Might be borderline or not enough for the candy cane but I will update this review in a month with progress. 11/3/15 - Initial impressions Pros: Easy, intuitive setup. Came with an extra remote battery too. Visually very appealing, it's slim and light and rests right on top of the glass as I had planned. The light it admit into the aquarium was stunning and everything immediately popped. Cons: (nothing yet, will update in a week or two) 1/29/16 (update): Still enjoying this light but here are more things to consider: Pros 1) Does not heat up and mess with your tank temperatures. 2) Simple to use if you don't are not messing with custom programs. 3) Program times are accurate (keep my fingers crossed on this since I've read mixed reviews about this. Cons: 1) Light is too week for hard corals and anemones. I am tempted to add a Kessil but squirming at the price. * Hammer coral head missing was not because of the light. I was away on vaca for a week and found the rock knocked over with the head buried in the sand. It didn't recover from the fall. 2) Thunderstorm setting reminds me of strobe lights and gives me a headache so it's useless to me. 3) Light doesn't span and only targets directly underneath for those who may have tank with longer depth. Second picture was taken recently so you guys can compare.

I originally bought this light to replace my previous reef led light when my aquarium was a dedicated reef tank (48 inch long 65 gallon acrylic). The light worked well for soft corals and thought this was a well priced and good led light. The controls were pretty easy to use and I like the ability to adjust the light composition to get the look I wanted. I was also happy with the low profile nature of the lighting unit and the fact I didn’t need to use a separate timer. It really helped clean up my system of unnecessary cords. My 5 star rating is cause I switched my system to freshwater (I just hated removing the coralline algae off the acrylic). At first the aquatic plants in my freshwater setup grew well but too much blue green algae also grew. The fine tune adjustment in this system allowed me to adjust the settings to work great for plant growth. I found success by reducing the blue to 50% and leaving red, green, and white up full. I really like this light and feel it is by far the best led aquarium light I have ever owned

I rarely write reviews, but this product needs it (there is a gotcha if you want to use more than one light). First, the pros. The LEDs put out a fair amount of light for their size. They will light your tank well, but if you have corals, or a deep tank, I don't believe they are enough. I LOVE the controller, its easy to program, allows 4 custom programs, and the remote control is a nice touch. My family likes the thunderstorm feature (not so sure the fish like it though. They run for cover). Con - I have a 72" 175G show tank (deep). Because of this, I expected I'd need additional lights and wanted to put one on each half of my tank. Current USA sells "TrueLumen Pro" lights in several lengths and colors, which I planned to hook up. After purchasing this set-up, I found that this Orbit Marine is 12volt (though the controller is 12 or 24). Every other light that Current sells is 24 volt, and they don't sell just the 12-volt light that comes with this kit (I wrote the manufacturer to ask). So, if this 12v setup is going to throw enough light for you, its a good purchase. If not or you're uncertain, you'll probably want to buy the reefTimer Pro separately, get a 24volt transformer, and buy the Truelumen Pros, since this product is not expandable (well, to be fair, there may be other manufacturer's 12v lights that have the same plugs. I don't know). I ended up using the reef timer pro from this kit, bought a separate 24v transformer, two power splitters and 4 TrueLumen Pros. That's working great. This left an extra 12v transformer and the light from this kit. I've plugged them into a simple AC timer and use them for a few hours of supplemental light during midday (which is not controllable from the remote and is simple on/off). I will probably put them up on ebay for sell or something though. Bottom line, nothing wrong with the 12 v light itself, it just cannot be expanded, contrary to all of the other Current USA products. That's why it lost a star for me but the product seems nice.

I purchased this light for my new 75 gallon african cichlid tank which is also relatively heavily planted with Anubias and Java Fern. So far I am very happy with it, particularly for the price. As far as I saw there is no other light on the market that provides a programmable control system for this kind of money. The light itself is not actually full spectrum but it is good enough, the combination of the individually controllable white and blue channels is enough for plants and to really make the color of the cichlids pop. The controller is really what stands out about this package for me though. You can do virtually anything with the remote and it is very easy to learn how to program it for a 24 hour cycle. You can also have 4 different programs saved that you can switch between. That is on top of the pre-programmed settings that are pretty cool to play around with. Within an hour of opening the package I had mine installed and programmed how I wanted it. Because I have Mbuna cichlids and low light plants I wanted relatively low light settings during the day for 8 hours, 4 hours of moonlight, and off 12 hours. I also customized the sunrise and sunset programs. I love it! I wish it had red channels but I'm not a coral grower so it really isn't necessary.

I thought this was a great lamp -- not the top-of-the-line sought after by serious aquarists, but certainly better than the plain LED lamps at the big box pet stores and adequate for my needs. Setup was easy enough, and the operation and functionality was satisfactory. Complaints: - The cables from the lamp and the controller, which all connect to the hub, are all just barely long enough. Thus, mounting options are limited, and it's likely that you'll have to settle on where to mount things. - The weather effects were a disappointment. When in weather mode, it's basically night-time colors with slight flickers from the white LEDs. Seems kinda pointless. But that's fine; the normal light cycle is the most important, so I just disabled the weather effect. - The red and green LEDs are nowhere near the same intensity as the blue and white LEDs. Granted, those wavelengths also aren't quite as important for sustaining marine life as the white and blues (if I understand things correctly), but it does limit the choices in color tones unless the blue and white LEDs are turned down, at which point you're losing the "real" light and defeating the main purpose. Despite these, I was mostly happy with it. That is, until yesterday, when I found it completely dark. It seems that after less than two weeks of use in pristine conditions, it's dead. Nothing had changed since it was installed. The power supply was on, the hub had the blinking blue LED like normal, and the controller was on, but displaying "Err" on it's LCD display. No damage, nothing wet, nothing hot or stinking -- everything appeared perfectly normal, except no light and the strange error message. Nothing I tried with troubleshooting changed the behavior at all. After hours of Googling the strange "Err" message to see if anyone was talking about this issue, all I could find was that this means the wrong power supply is being used (the 24V one for pumps instead of the 12V one for lights). Well, that's impossible and makes no sense because I only have the one that came with the light, and I verified that it's 12V (even checked it with a voltmeter to confirm). I have reached out to their technical support to see if they have any ideas that will get it working so I don't have to return it, currently awaiting their reply, but I think it's a long shot. My gut tells me not to hold my breath and just order a new one (although it'll definitely be a competing product from another manufacturer).

After many trial and error with different LED setups, I can draw some conclusions. I have a 100 gallon tank that has soft corals to SPS corals. This particular tank has been established for over 5 years. It went from compact fluorescent lights to T5s to metal halides and finally to LEDs. So here's a good general rule to follow when it comes to LEDs. You need about 1 watt of LED per gallon of water. Since my tank is 100 gallons, I needed about 100 watts of LEDs to get good lighting to support all coral types and to get a bright professional looking tank. One reviewer said his Current USA Marine LED was not bright enough. We'll he probably did not apply the rule as I mentioned. I previously had 2 Panorama Excotic Marine LEDs (total of 112 watts for 2 setups), but one failed after water damage. So I decided to add another LED light. So after research, I found the Current USA LED with pro timer. It has a total power of 46 watts. Since I was adding it to my current setup with the one remaining Panorama Excotic LED I knew it would suffice. My tank now looks better than before. What I like about the Current USA LED is that the timer can be programmed to simulate sunrise and sunset automatically. The Panorama had to be self dialed with adjusting knobs. (So I'm considering adding another Current USA LED and tossing my old Panorama Excotic LED.) So if you have an 80 to 100 gallon, you will need 2 of these LEDs to get that professional look or at least have some other LED to give you about 100 watts. I had the Current USA LEDs now for about a month. It did have a faulty timer when I received it, but when I contacted the seller he quickly shipped me out a new one. Great customer service. I have not had any problems since. I will update with any other mishaps.. But for now this LED met and exceeded my expectations.

The light does exactly as it says it will. The ramp features are great, and the tank looked very nice. It started out as a lot of fun. There is very little to not like about this light, except... After a month, I started to notice that my eyes were strained a lot. My life started to become a mysterious headache and some very tired eyes. I am only 42 and have never felt this before. It took me a while to deduce the reason, but it seems to be a matter of blue light. This fixture offers plenty of it, though the level of blue light can be adjusted. The problem is that when the blue light is off, all that is left is a fairly unimpressive white/yellow light that makes my 24 inch deep tank seem dim. So the product itself may be just fine, but I can no longer use it. Unfortunately, it took me more than 30 days to realize that the blue light was wreaking havoc on my eyes, affecting my ability to drive and sleep. So it cannot be returned, causing a loss for me. Again, I do not know that the blue light will effect everyone like it does me. But I have since gone to lighting that has no blue light, and my vision is back where it was and I feel safe to drive at night and enjoy life in the tank to my heart's desire. Overall, a great product if you just use your aquarium as a showpiece that you do not look at too much. For me, I enjoy sitting for a while and watching life happen behind the glass. This light came with a high price for me. I am just hopeful that the damage is not long term. I have learned that some people stare through the blue light for years and can never undo what was done. Of course, I say this without any professional medical diagnosis. I just researched until I found a possible cause, eliminated that possible cause, and the problem seems to have gone away. I ended up purchasing their higher end pro light, which allows me to eliminate the blue light while still maintaining less harmful red, green, and a much brighter white. I have been able to set this up to run blue light when I am not looking at the tank so that the plants get the full spectrum, and then I just change to another preset when I am viewing it. I just wish I would have known about the blue light issue before I flushed the first purchase. In cases like this, it would be nice if the return policy were modified. But the time and cost to get a doctor's note would probably offset that refund anyway. So the next best thing is to let you know about the issue before you make the mistake I made.

The ends were a little bent, and weren't meant for our tank style, so we had to get a little creative, but we made it work. I gave it a 3 for value for that reason. For the cost, it should have had a variety of tank fittings. We honestly felt like it would fall into the tank, before we "fixed" it. It is bright enough and can be set to automatically change according to the time of day. It is fairly easy to use if you read the instructions, but like I mentioned earlier, we had to get creative to make it work for our tank. All in all it was worth it, but pretty expensive for a light for the fish!!! Lol

Me realizaron la entrega un dia antes de lo esperado, el paquete llego muy bien empacado y lampara y accesorios en buen estado fisico, la iluminacion de esta lampara supera las espectativas de lo que esperaba para mi acuario de 200 litros, muy facil de programar

I am really satisfied with how the light functions

Been looking to upgrade the basic, white/blue/off light on my Fluval Marine Spec 60 litre tank for something much more controllable. Liked the look of this as it appeared it's possible to install it and retain the original aquarium cover. Was a bit apprehensive about ordering something from the USA to use here in the UK, but so far there have been no issues at all. It arrived 10 days!! earlier than the expected delivery date, very well packaged. Good set of accessories for running the cables etc. Instructions are very clear. No issues running on the 230 volt supply here as the power supply is dual voltage, but you will need an adapter plug to adapt the 3 pin UK mains sockets to the flat 2 pin US style connector. I'm also using a surge protector power socket on my aquarium to ensure a stable power supply as an extra precaution. Installing on the Fluval aquarium to retain use of the existing aquarium cover requires some modification to the cover itself and requires a hacksaw, small file and long nose pliers. The cuttings into the plastic cover are not visible externally when the cover is in place and the appearance makes the light unit look like it's a natural part of the cover. There is a slight gap between the cover and the aquarium as the light unit support bracket hangs over the end of the aquarium glass, but this isn't too unsightly. See photos. Some reviews complain about the complexity of the remote control, whilst it does need you to RTFI, it's straightforward enough and gives a huge improvement to control over the light levels for white, red, green and blue, for sunrise/sunset, daytime and evening. The transition duration times of the sunset/sunrise and evening moonlight periods are fixed but you can specify the sunrise and sunset times as you wish. The weather simulations are fun to watch. Overall so far I'm very pleased, it's good value for money, but I have opted for the Amazon 2 year warranty for peace of mind. Great delivery service from the Current USA manufacturer.

Excellent product , bonus is now the orbit marine led comes with loop. One of the best lights available loaded with features and different weather modes . The light is sleek and very well made