ATI LED/T5 Combo?

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by denny@concept

haha true , i have no idea how many ghls it would take to look as bright as these on an 8ft tank although i am tempted to take down a few ghls and throw them on half of daves tank for a side by side comparison lol

Well 3 GHLs vs one 4' 8-bulb ATI would still be short on pure wattage alone not to mention the large advantage ATI would have in usable wattage. With the addition of T5s you can effectively crack up LEDs to full and use the T5s to make up the difference needed in blue spectrum while nobody wants to see a GHL at true 100% thus a good chuck of it's power is lost in light tuning. So a potential huge advantage there for ATI.

[denny_C]

i do have a beef with the hybrid , is incredibly heavy , mounting it by myself would have been quite the task it was a three person job.....not the lightest light in the world for only a 36" fixture

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by denny@concept

i do have a beef with the hybrid , is incredibly heavy , mounting it by myself would have been quite the task it was a three person job.....not the lightest light in the world for only a 36" fixture

That's just cause you're use to mounting radions

[denny_C]

Originally Posted by kien

Could you not just add a few T5 retro fits to your existing LED (AI, Mitras, Radeon) fixture? Seems that would be more economical to me. I have seen the ATI hybrid over Dave's tank and it does look nice though. But easily reproducible if you currently have LEDs or T5s.

well for a guy running ghl's who wants to add t5's will probably have to have some skill in finishing or a canopy to hide the bulbs in ,but esentially its just adding t5's to the mix so i cant see why it wouldnt be done