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03-20-2017, 06:41 PM
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The most common combo is led and t5 mix.
If you have a chiller and can afford bulb changes every 8-10 months then t5 are a great choice, but they put out a fair amount of heat so unless the fixture is well ventilated it will transfer some heat into the tank. LEDs are great for growing coral but sometimes can be expensive to start up, the up sides is virtually no heat and no bulb change. Downsides is leds don't have tons of spread and light is directional so lots of shading which is why people supplement with t5. I run all 3 and couldn't be happier!
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03-20-2017, 08:14 PM
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Any issues with fans burning out or losing a bank of lights as I've read many people with LEDs experience one or both issues with their LED lights
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 My aquarium is nothing but a smorgasbord for my cats.....
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03-20-2017, 09:46 PM
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Fan no, light bulbs yes. I've had a few bulbs burn out but I just replaced them myself. You just need to know how to solder...
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03-20-2017, 10:55 PM
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I've had my led fixtures for 4 years or so. No issues at all as of yet
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150 gallon reef mostly softies/lps. 50 gal sump with bubble magnus skimmer/ Led fuge light/refugium/ 1200 return and tunze powerheads. Dual pharoah main tank led.4 pump dosser. 550 gallon stingray tank water drip system 150 bowfront. 75 turtle tank, many others
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03-20-2017, 11:16 PM
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I've been using vertex illumina for a couple years now. loooooove it.
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03-23-2017, 05:55 PM
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I'm running radions supplemented with 1 t5 blue+ bulb on each side of my leds. Seems to bring out more color than just LEds alone and there's not rly much heat. I'm thinking of mybe adding 1 more t5 on each side. Dunno yet
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03-23-2017, 06:28 PM
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are you running sundblasters? for the T5
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150 gallon reef mostly softies/lps. 50 gal sump with bubble magnus skimmer/ Led fuge light/refugium/ 1200 return and tunze powerheads. Dual pharoah main tank led.4 pump dosser. 550 gallon stingray tank water drip system 150 bowfront. 75 turtle tank, many others
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