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View Poll Results: Are switching to T5
Yes 25 20.33%
No 43 34.96%
What is T5? 5 4.07%
Already have, and I'll never go back! 23 18.70%
Been there done that going back to MH 9 7.32%
Thought about it, maybe next tank. 18 14.63%
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Old 11-15-2007, 06:59 PM
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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
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I ran 4 bulb T5 on my frag tank and it quickly browned out all my SPS frags. I'm back to MH

What size tank was that on Jason?
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Old 11-15-2007, 10:07 PM
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What size tank was that on Jason?
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

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Old 11-15-2007, 10:12 PM
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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

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Well, yeah. Definitely an apples to oranges thing going on. Like comparing a high quality MH bulb with an $8 ebay special.
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Old 11-16-2007, 06:24 PM
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I run both Mh and t5 use t5 for dawn and dusk , and two 400w mh raduim 20,000k for daylight .
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Old 02-23-2008, 11:44 PM
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Just switched out my 2x150MH for a 6bulb tek unit today. So far I like it Nice and light, so very little heat being thrown off. The colours are nice and I like that I can fine tune it. The only thing after a few hours that I don't like is that I miss the MH shimmer

Since it's only one day I can't be positive if I made the right decision (I was also thinking of changing into 2x250MH) but I guess time will tell eh?
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I've heard you can add a clear LED to get a shimmer without the heat. I'm not sure how MH looking it would be though.
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Anything that has a point source will shimmer
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Old 11-15-2007, 05:47 PM
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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.
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