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02-15-2006, 07:18 PM
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T5 vs. PC
I have never run T5 lighting, how does it compare to PC?
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02-15-2006, 08:42 PM
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I've never run them either but the consenses is that they use less power for the same amount of light. In all reality though a T5 is just a staight PC bulb, so watt for watt they should be the same. I'm not a light guru though so I could be wrong.
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THE BARQUARIUM: 55 gallon cube - 50 lbs LR - ASM G3 skimmer - 30 Gallon sump - 22 Gallon refugium / frag tank - 4x 24 watt HO T5's - Mag 9.5 return - Pin Point PH monitor - 400 watt XM 20K MH in Lumenarc reflector - Dual stage GFO/NO3 media reactor - 6 stage RODI auto top up -Wavemaster Pro running 3 Koralia 2's. Fully stocked with fish, corals and usually some fine scotch http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=55041 Last edited by danny zubot; 02-15-2006 at 08:47 PM.
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02-15-2006, 08:54 PM
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don't forget bulb light last alot alonger as well.
there's a big thread over @ RC http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=561864 http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...hreadid=679852
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02-15-2006, 10:05 PM
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I just got a T5 Tek-Light to replace my PC system and I like the colors on my T5 system waaayy better then with the PC lights. The T5s seem brighter but that could also be because there are more bulbs over the tank than before :P
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02-15-2006, 10:09 PM
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How many bulbs? Over what size tank? What color temperature bulbs? How are your corals reacting? What are you keeping under T5?
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02-15-2006, 10:09 PM
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02-15-2006, 10:59 PM
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Im using T5s.Its been awhile since Ive used PCs But I can honestly say they are better than the 175 MH I was using,which in turn was much better than the PCs it replaced.BTW my PCs were only 2x 65w and my T5s are 4x 54w.One advantage T5s have ove PCs is the straight tube allows better reflection. Along both sides of the whole tube,rather than only the outside of a bent tube.Also the proper reflector will make the differance between a T5 comparable to VHO and a T5 comparable to MH.Look for a fixture with a reflector that curves around the top of each bulb.
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02-15-2006, 11:28 PM
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I went from 2x96w PC's to 4x54W T5's on my 40g. 2x10k and 2xactinic. I'm keeping a very happy frogspawn, a very happy and constantly reproducing candy cane coral and a blue/green/purple acro, and some GSP. Make sure if you go T5's that you get the M shaped reflectors, not the V shaped ones and make sure they're the HO T5's and not the NO ones.
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02-15-2006, 11:52 PM
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Check out this guys tank - he only uses T-5's. The thread has some good information on T-5 lighting as well as an absolutely amazing tank.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...ghlight=zeovit
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