Yea I guess you can argue with the price. Let us know how the work out for you

Will do. I'll post some pictures..

Walter

http://www.melevsreef.com/pics/0504/t5.html

Looks like Melev was fairly happy with them?

Seems like it. I guess the only real way to find out is to get some and see.

Walter

I guess you're the guinea pig huh? :)

marc rules!

Would not be the first :biggrin:

Walter

I just wonder why some people still believe you have to chanve VHO after 6 months. heck mine are 2 years old and working just fine, all I use them for is to adjust the color of the tank sence that all actinics are realy good for.

Steve

I agree 100% with you. I think people are to quick to change out a perfectly good bulb because someone says they should.... Most of that info seems to come from the manufacturer. Wonder why they want you to buy new bulbs every 6-8 months? :rolleyes: :smile:

Walter

If you havn't ordered the lights yet I would be a little leary of them. I have been using T5 VHO for 2 years now (replaced once) and have just recently scraped them in favor of halides. I whole heartedly disagree with you guys who run VHO's for more than 9 mo or so. I have found that the tank quality begins to deteriorate around the six month mark and goes really crappy atfer 8-9 mo. Being a student I stretch my bulbs as long as I can but I won't make my corals suffer because I am cheap. It is possible to sustain your corals with old flouresent bulbs but the growth rates will fall off the chart. My actinics didn't change much though when they got old. So from my experience, I would only recommend T5's or any flouresent for that matter as a supplental lighting unit in actinic spectrum.

Rick