I changed over, because of my profilux. I miss the shimmer effect of the MH but don't miss the heat of running cost. I am able to add more selection of color spectrum and can sit there and dial in all my lite settings. I am running 4x54 watts. I have the new fiji purple, attinic, a 6500, and a 10000. I am thinking of ditching the 6500 for a 14000. I still miss that shimmer it just draws people to the tank. I even look at my freinds store and can see MH and t5 running side by side. But yeah if your running deep tanks still MH.

Looks like a mixed bag with T5's.

Maybe 6 bulbs would of been better for your setup Jason? Do you think it was the quantity of T5 light or the quality?

Has anyone else experienced brownouts with their SPS when switching to T5s? If I make the plunge I would like to know I could try SPS in the future.

How is the dimmable T5 lighting Patrick????? It must be awesome!!! Do you find 4 x 54W is enough for your tank? What kind of coral are you keeping?

I wanted to have my cake and eat it to so I'm running T5/MH/VHO all at the same time!

I get the feeling that T5 lights are the new power compacts, don't get me wrong I supplement with T5 but as far as going all T5, my opinion is changing.

I'm running the Aquactinics Constellation 7 bulb HO T5's and the tank is very happy. The corals all have great color and are growing well....I only have one sps and it is very green. Anyone who drives down my street im sure thinks I'm doing hydroponics. lol

What size tank was that on Jason?

Why do you have a feeling that T5 lights are the new power compacts? And what is changing your opinion, exactly?

It was a 30G tank. Now in T5 defence I wasn't running the HO version. In fact I didn't do a lot of research on T5 and just bought the Tech fixture from Sunlight supply

J

Well, yeah. Definitely an apples to oranges thing going on. Like comparing a high quality MH bulb with an $8 ebay special.

Are these HO or not
http://www.jlaquatics.com/phpstore/s...ID=sl-t5nw2404