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View Poll Results: What Kind of lighting do you use? | |||
Metal Halides |
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23 | 25.84% |
T5's |
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25 | 28.09% |
Light Emitting Diodes (LED) |
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50 | 56.18% |
Other |
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2 | 2.25% |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 89. You may not vote on this poll |
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Brad |
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![]() which ever is fresher, obviously.
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![]() The answer to that question is Bacon.
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![]() You've heard this question before, obviously!! Yes, when you're right, you're right!
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Brad |
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![]() I like the way LEDs make the colors pop. When I first put them over the tank I thought they looked almost artificial, all those glowing polyps! It didn't take long to get used to it. I've had a few issues with the startup of this tank, so I'm not so sure about long term health. The past 3 or 4 months has been great.
Then there's controllability, less heat, no bulb replacement cost, lower electrical cost (maybe), the shear joy of lighting my tank with something I made myself ![]() |
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![]() My opinion with the leds atm is if your going to do it, do it yourself. There's extruded heatsinks now that don't require drilling and tapping or gluing, its cheaper, and more satisfying. Its easy to change color ratios if you want and other equipment if needed. The white and blue only fixtures are outdated. there are so many more options out there. All the sellers are good at answering questions and the builds on forums are a great help.
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the lurker formerly known as THENEWGUY 75g reef w/ 20g sump, 100lbs LR, Tunze 9006 skimmer, 3 part dosing, DIY 66 LED fixture, Reefleeper Lite LED build here: http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/29498...h-mount-build/ |
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