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Old 12-07-2011, 02:15 PM
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try concepts he's a canadian retailer and offer free shipping if you spend over 100 dollars, he has most led fixtures and other light fixtures like mh or hot5s at a really reasonable price. just contact dave at concepts great guy to deal with and always tries to make something work for you and your budget.

http://www.conceptaquatics.ca/

on that note if your trying to decide on which fixture to go with, here is a little gist of it lol,
-t5 will be ok i know everyone is into leds but if your tank is longer than 2' you'll most likely will require 2 led fixtures, where as a t5 fixture will spread through out the whole length of the tank.
-t5 you have to change the bulbs at least once a year so at 20-25 a bulb it adds up, where as leds will maintain thier par and what not for at least 5 years
-t5 good color and growth but nothing beats the leds for color imo lol

i myself am running t5 and the tank was starting to color up mainly sps until i had a crash but all the lps are doing great lol. the only down side is it costs me about 120 a year to change bulbs which isn't to bad but i want to upgrade to leds just for the color "pop" in corals and the shimmer sure is nice lol, and i don't have to change any bulbs for at least 5 years,

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