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[lastlight]

Nothing's set in stone Kevin. If you could please PM me a price per bulb for the different brands perhaps I can be tempted =)

[Stones]

I did quite a bit of research into T5 lighting before I switched over from my old metal halide setup. Like you, I also was planning on going with all ATI bulbs despite how hard they were to come by at the time. Then I stumbled across this article:

http://translate.google.ca/translate...F_enCA273CA273

Seeing as aquascience bulbs are carried by most of our Canadian vendors, I thought I'd give them a try based on the results of the above experiement. So far I'm very happy with the 22K and 15K bulbs however I haven't tried any of the 17.5K duos yet. The 15K bulbs are more like a 10K bulb though as they emit a much more yellow colour than my Kz 14K New gen bulbs.

[lastlight]

Interesting article which I had indeed come across myself. The corals under the AS certainly look better. Wish they had measured PAR and not LUX as the par is what matters I believe.

Regardless of what brand I go with it seems that a few places will order in 80w but none appear to regularily stock them which is too bad.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Any updates?

[lastlight]

Lol I'm living through you right now didn't I tell you?

I have finalized my purchase list. I need to survive taxes, my wife's upcoming unpaid maternity and hopefully hold onto my job. After that we'll see. So no updates here until at least june or july I think.

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

Originally Posted by lastlight

Lol I'm living through you right now didn't I tell you?

I have finalized my purchase list. I need to survive taxes, my wife's upcoming unpaid maternity and hopefully hold onto my job. After that we'll see. So no updates here until at least june or july I think.

Ha! And here I am going slow to try to pick up a few more tricks from your build I really wish I had caught your stand leveling method sooner.

I also have to think about my job right now and hope I can find a new one after my contract ends in July. Ugh...taxes...I forgot its that time of year

[GreenSpottedPuffer]

[brizzo]

Originally Posted by lastlight

I have finalized my purchase list.

What's left on the list for the rest of your build?

[lastlight]

I'm waiting on a pair of drilled 33 gallon tanks to wrap up my water-change station in the adjacent office. Will post pics once they're plumbed in.

Remaining items:

- ro/di
- 2 x tunze 6105
- profilux with doser (doing 2-part or balling)
- heaters
- test kits
- salt
- 2-part supplies

I figure I could use my old seio 620s and dose manually for a while so the ro/di and heaters would get me started with water I guess. I've waited quite a while now so I may just leave it empty until I have everything on my list.