LF: 36" T5 Light Fixture

[cooper]

Originally Posted by Melina

that sounds like a cool apartment!
out of curiosity (I'm new at this), will changing the lighting in your tank have an adverse effect on the livestock in it? Aren't they sensitive to light changes, just like they're sensitive to changes in temp., salinity, ph, etc?

It is a cool apartment, I love it! . Great view of the mountains and ocean .

I am not an expert but I think that when you go from PC to MH you have to adapt your corals slowly because they are sensitive to sudden changes.

[Melina]

Originally Posted by cooper

It is a cool apartment, I love it! . Great view of the mountains and ocean .

I am not an expert but I think that when you go from PC to MH you have to adapt your corals slowly because they are sensitive to sudden changes.

how do you do that I wonder?

[SeaHorse_Fanatic]

Originally Posted by Melina

how do you do that I wonder?

You would adapt the corals by having the MH light higher & slowly lowering it &/or having the MH photoperiod short (say 4 hrs to start) and then increasing it gradually over the period of a couple of weeks.

If you have corals under lower light & suddenly brighten up the tank with more powerful lights without changing anything, then your corals might experience light-shock & bleach out or melt even (turn to brown slime).

Anthony

[Melina]

Thanks for the info!

[Melina]

Originally Posted by SeaHorse_Fanatic

You would adapt the corals by having the MH light higher & slowly lowering it &/or having the MH photoperiod short (say 4 hrs to start) and then increasing it gradually over the period of a couple of weeks.

If you have corals under lower light & suddenly brighten up the tank with more powerful lights without changing anything, then your corals might experience light-shock & bleach out or melt even (turn to brown slime).

Anthony

Thanks for the info!

[andresont]

Ok people please welcome me to Tek T5 club !
Just ordered 36" long fixture with 6 lamps. What a struggle to choose the bulbs ... so i went with 4x Aquablue Plus and 2x Powerchrome Midday. I also have two actinics at home already so will see what i will finally go with.

Melina did you get the acrilic lens cover for you bulbs? Might be a good idea easy to clean one sheet of acrilic instead of all the bulbs and reflectors imo.

[Melina]

Originally Posted by andresont

Ok people please welcome me to Tek T5 club !
Just ordered 36" long fixture with 6 lamps. What a struggle to choose the bulbs ... so i went with 4x Aquablue Plus and 2x Powerchrome Midday. I also have two actinics at home already so will see what i will finally go with.

Melina did you get the acrilic lens cover for you bulbs? Might be a good idea easy to clean one sheet of acrilic instead of all the bulbs and reflectors imo.

Welcome to the Tek T5 club!!!! Where did you order from?
Man I didn't even know about that lens cover. This is my first reef tank; do the bulbs & reflectors really get dirty? How often will I have to clean them?

[cooper]

Originally Posted by andresont

Ok people please welcome me to Tek T5 club !
Just ordered 36" long fixture with 6 lamps. What a struggle to choose the bulbs ... so i went with 4x Aquablue Plus and 2x Powerchrome Midday. I also have two actinics at home already so will see what i will finally go with.

Melina did you get the acrilic lens cover for you bulbs? Might be a good idea easy to clean one sheet of acrilic instead of all the bulbs and reflectors imo.

Where did you order the Tek T5 from? How much did you pay?

[andresont]

Melina ,
Thanks to you i ordered from Hidden Reef because J&L would not beat nor match the price.
yes your bulbs will get covered in ocasional salt creep from splashes, and micro bubbles bursting, unless you will have them very high up, but you kinda need all the light you can get. Once a month on the safe side. you will need cleaning if you have new skimmer returning micro bubbles to your tank then more often.
So bulbs are OK for 2 years "officialy" thats good lets see how SPS will like it.

Cooper,

I paid $550+$10 lens cover +tax=$632.80 Including shipping, legs, lens cover and bulbs