T5 vs. PC

[DanG]

I went from 2x96w PC's to 4x54W T5's on my 40g. 2x10k and 2xactinic. I'm keeping a very happy frogspawn, a very happy and constantly reproducing candy cane coral and a blue/green/purple acro, and some GSP. Make sure if you go T5's that you get the M shaped reflectors, not the V shaped ones and make sure they're the HO T5's and not the NO ones.

[Gools]

I don't know about T5's compared to PC's but I was more happier with my NO 40w URI's, they made my tank brighter, and I had better colour compare to my T5's now.

[Ruth]

Check out this guys tank - he only uses T-5's. The thread has some good information on T-5 lighting as well as an absolutely amazing tank.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...ghlight=zeovit

[TheReefGeek]

Where do I get these good T5 reflectors from? I am building the canopy myself.

[TheReefGeek]

Great link Ruth, thanks!

[Quagmire]

I fell in love with that tank the first time I saw it It had alot of influence on my decision to go with T5s

[exee]

my system is 6 bulbs over a 72 gallon tank. corals are doing find under it seem to have adjusted to it ok. I don't have SPS though so I don't know how they would have changed due to the change in lighting.

My bulbs are
2 atinic + bulbs
3 Blue + (11000k)
1 daylight (6500k)

its very bright :P looks a bit goofy over my system as its a bow front and the ends of the light stick out a bit over the narrow parts of the tank. It came with some thigns to help you hang it, I just had to get some chain from home depot and was good to hang.

I got the light from Fin-Ominal Fish in Richmond. They got it from Ocean Aquatics i think, they have the systems on their website.

i wil try to post pictures of my setup soon

[DanG]

My lights came from Saltwater connection and it's the retrofit kit. Ballast, waterproof end caps and 2 reflectors. It's made by Coravue.