Anyone tried these before?

evaneatspie555 · #1 11-23-2011, 06:24 AM

ive been looking at those and it if u get the strips instead u can spend the proper amount for your tank and scrape by with the bare minimum or go all out.
http://www.ecoxotic.com/aquarium-led...ed-strips.html this is what im talking about

Nano · #2 11-23-2011, 06:47 AM

lol yeah I figured out I was looking at the wrong page after reading what I wrote. I have decided to do a t5/halide combo light

Aquattro · #3 11-23-2011, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by nanomano

lol yeah I figured out I was looking at the wrong page after reading what I wrote. I have decided to do a t5/halide combo light

How will you handle the heat on a 20g using a halide? Unless you're set on going hardcore SPS, I'd stick to a pure T5 fixture. I use a single MH over my 50g, because I had it lying around, but it adds a lot of heat and is a bit much for the shrooms and zoos I keep in there.

paddyob · #4 11-23-2011, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by nanomano

lol yeah I figured out I was looking at the wrong page after reading what I wrote. I have decided to do a t5/halide combo light

Skip the halide. T5 solos. Can grow virtually anything. Halides are hot. More evaporation and power hogs.

Nano · #5 11-23-2011, 05:27 PM

oh really? damn. My lighting set up is so ghetto though. I wonder if there is a better t5 light I can get with led built in?

Aquattro · #6 11-23-2011, 05:49 PM

You don't need LED either. Get a good T5 fixture, you're good. Build a nice canopy and retrofit T5 into it, even better.

Nano · #7 11-23-2011, 06:42 PM

K if you say so, lol. I am just finding I have dark spots near the back. I have a24" hagen glo t5ho one white one blue lunar leds (x4) and a strip of leds 2 white 2 blue. I just cant get the dark spots to go away lol

evaneatspie555 · #8 11-23-2011, 06:54 PM

if ur going to make a canopy u could always just go with those led strip the stuners. just set them up side by side and u would be able to play around with there placement to rid ylourself of that dark spot

lastlight · #9 11-23-2011, 07:20 PM

The heat output of a 150w halide isn't too bad. Nothing a few fans can't handle. Grab a used setup (DE) and pickup a Radium bulb and be done with it.

Halides are the new LED =)

Nano · #10 11-23-2011, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by lastlight

The heat output of a 150w halide isn't too bad. Nothing a few fans can't handle. Grab a used setup (DE) and pickup a Radium bulb and be done with it.

Halides are the new LED =)

lol I'm getting some mixed replies on this one. its a 250w metal halid/t5 by oddysea. is this too bright for shrooms ricordeas and zoos? or is there something I can do to cut down the light on the halide?