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Old 10-24-2007, 01:07 AM
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I was a firm believer of MH bulbs until I saw the tank of the month on Reef Central www.reefcentral.com He is running T5s on that amazing tank.
Makes you sort of wonder why we have been spending the big bucks
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Old 10-24-2007, 01:15 AM
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Makes you sort of wonder why we have been spending the big bucks
It is a beautiful tank but not like a couple of dozen of T5s are pocket change.
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Old 10-24-2007, 01:56 AM
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T5s are quite expensive, even more in initital set up cost then MHs. I would really love to try them out on a tank at some time in the future, but the cost is just above and beyond.
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Old 10-24-2007, 02:45 AM
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I was thinking of t5 in between the MH. I like what Untamed has done with his lighting, the combo lights. If I go with the 120" tank, I would like to run 8x250HQI and 3 sets of 4 t5 or VHO between them. Not sure what to run for K number. Right now I have 10000K and 20000K VHO's with two 250w HQI 13000K and I like the way I looks right now. The two led night lights are great for night viewing.
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Old 10-24-2007, 06:10 AM
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I still working toward adding moonlights. It would have been nice to get them included in my fixtures....
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