Progression of an SPS Tank

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by BlueTang<3

I figured I noticed it, overall looks better in the last shot.

What size number of bulbs did you decide to go with.

I had the 8x80 w ati power module on my old tank and it grew/coloured up stuff crazy.

Led I need to play with more colouring but I seem to have a bunch of brown blaw corals no pop.

I'm using the same fixture, 5' power module 8x80w. It really brings out colors that didn't show with the LED.

[BlueTang<3]

Cool, only problem I have is I would need 2 and bulb changes would kill.

Interested in how long u have ran your bulbs or plan to, I had purchased a par meter and could get 2 years from bulbs before then dropped 10 percent but after a couple months the colour spectrum changed drastically

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by BlueTang<3

Cool, only problem I have is I would need 2 and bulb changes would kill.

Compared to LED, the price of the fixture and one set of bulbs leaves me enough money for 8-10 years of bulb changes compared to the one time cost of LED purchase.
I also heard that the guy that bought my LEDs already had one burn out. Not even 2 years old. So not sure LED would last 10 years.
And honestly, 90% of people in the hobby will shut down long before realizing the savings of not replacing bulbs.
I will probably replace bulbs every 9 months. I'll know closer to that time frame as this is my first run with T5.

[Proteus]

Now that you have had the t5 over the water long enough to color up coral. Do you still prefer the halides (color wise)

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Proteus

Now that you have had the t5 over the water long enough to color up coral. Do you still prefer the halides (color wise)

Absolutely. If I had a way to manage humidity, I'd still run the Radium 400w bulbs.

[wreck]

Thabks for sharing tthetime lapse photos!!. Really inspiring to see bare tank turn full!!.

[Doug]

Just beautiful Brad.