Reef Brite 30" 50/50 XHO LED Strip Light

The Reef Brite XHO series sits above the brand's Tech line in raw output, packing 12 LEDs per foot versus roughly 6 in the Tech lineup. The 50/50 configuration blends white daylight and actinic blue diodes in equal measure, producing the shimmer and color pop that reef keepers expect without requiring a separate controller or driver. Each LED is rated at 3 watts but driven at approximately 50% to reduce heat and extend diode life — a tradeoff that keeps the bar running cool enough for direct-mount applications without active cooling.

The 30" bar is a practical size for tanks in the 24"–36" footprint range and pairs especially well with ATI T5 fixtures, which accept Reef Brite's mounting clips without any additional hardware modifications. For tanks running metal halide or third-party T5 units, the included brackets attach to most housings with standard screw-on end plates. Optional LED Mounting Legs and hanging brackets (sold separately) open up pendant and canopy builds.

One XHO bar can serve as a primary light over low-to-medium demand softcoral and fish-only tanks, or it can supplement an existing T5 fixture by adding actinic punch and shimmer without changing the fixture's overall footprint. Because the bars are modular, up to five can be mounted side by side using Reef Brite's hanging bracket system, letting you scale output as a tank grows or coral demands increase.

Setup is straightforward: the unit arrives with a power supply, so no additional driver is needed out of the box. The 6-foot-plus power cord provides reasonable reach to most canopy-mounted outlets. The bar measures 1.85" wide by 1.1" tall, keeping the profile low enough to fit inside most canopy builds or to sit flush against a T5 housing without adding significant height.