Switch from 2x96w PC to 2x39W T5?

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by DanG

They are not helios and they ARE HO, not NO.

I was talking about HO, HO are about the same as PC, if they are a real good one they might be slightly brighter, but the same goes for PCs, get a good one and it is brighter than a bad one. If they were NO's I would have told you to run and not look back.

the problem with T5's is they are still new and no long term stats are out as in bulb life, the amount they degrade over there life ect.. and from what we have seen from the bandwagon of brands that are running out to profit on "the latest and greatest" is not promising.

all I have seen is people comparing them to there tanks that were lit by NO and VHO or that went from two 23 watt PCs to about 8 T5s and said they are brighter no one has yet downgraded from big PC's or VHO's or MH to T5's.

my advice would be for that price start putting together a MH system of some sort as a true upgrade instead of just a change out. then you could go to actinic bulbs with your PC's

Steve