Which T5 should I get

[raisemyrent]

YEs, I should.

OK guys, round 2. this time, the tank is 18" deep.

GO!

[lorenz0]

imo all depends on how much you want to spend. cheapest T5 fixture i would buy is the TEK (which is what i run). But if your willing to spend more, ATI sunpower is a great fixture and basically the poor man's ATI powermodule. great thing about this fixture is it runs the same refectors and ballasts that the power module runs. Its cheaper due to less active cooling fan's. Personally this is what i want to upgrade to. If you really want to spend money, go with the power module or the constellation (sp). really it comes down to how much money you want to put into the fixture and i wish i went all out instead of buying the TEK but still is a good fixture for what you pay for.

[Samw]

I ordered an Aquactinics TX5. The reason was that it has 5 bulbs in a very narrow fixture. I needed a fixture to be less than 10" narrow and this was the only fixture that I could find in that size with 5 bulbs. Most other narrow fixtures only have 4 bulbs.

I haven't received the fixture yet but from the pictures that I've seen, the nice thing about the Aquatinics fixture for me is that the outer reflectors are placed in a slight arc which I think focuses the light where it is needed: near the center of the tank. In other words, I don't need the sand in front of my tank to be lit so the outer reflectors are arc'ed slightly inwards. That's perfect for my application where the corals are in the center of the tank.