how many went from led back to t5

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Skimmer King

Brad I didn't know that you went back to T-5's

Yup, almost 2 months now. I miss the dimming features and shimmer, but happy with the color of the coral. Overall, an upgrade IMO.

[kien]

[Reef Pilot]

I don't want to change anyone's mind here, but I sure don't understand some of the comments about LEDs. I had T5s before, and couldn't imagine going back.

Re color with LEDs. I don't get it. With mine (Radions) I can choose whatever I want. They can be preprogramed on the computer, and then choose them with the touch of a button on the lights. I have blue, royal blue, red, green and white lights that I can tune the mix and intensities of each in a program. If I want the corals to glow, I can do that. I actually prefer the natural look, which is my default.

I do have a special program that only uses white light that I can use for taking coral pics, which then gets rid of that purple/blue effect without having to adjust the white balance. That takes the press of just one button on my lights.

I can even program the lights to be different in different regions of my tank. And there is a huge choice of programs you can import, too. Some claim superior growth. Some just for looks.

As for growth, my SPS is doing great. And I have great color, too.

I'm sure all LEDs are not equal, and maybe some people don't know how to program them. Perhaps that is the real issue.

With T5's, everything is manual, and you have to change bulbs to get the look you want. And you have to keep changing bulbs, over and over....

So, each to their own, I guess...

[wreck]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

I don't want to change anyone's mind here, but I sure don't understand some of the comments about LEDs. I had T5s before, and couldn't imagine going back.

Re color with LEDs. I don't get it. With mine (Radions) I can choose whatever I want. They can be preprogramed on the computer, and then choose them with the touch of a button on the lights. I have blue, royal blue, red, green and white lights that I can tune the mix and intensities of each in a program. If I want the corals to glow, I can do that. I actually prefer the natural look, which is my default.

I do have a special program that only uses white light that I can use for taking coral pics, which then gets rid of that purple/blue effect without having to adjust the white balance. That takes the press of just one button on my lights.

I can even program the lights to be different in different regions of my tank. And there is a huge choice of programs you can import, too. Some claim superior growth. Some just for looks.

As for growth, my SPS is doing great. And I have great color, too.

I'm sure all LEDs are not equal, and maybe some people don't know how to program them. Perhaps that is the real issue.

With T5's, everything is manual, and you have to change bulbs to get the look you want. And you have to keep changing bulbs, over and over....

So, each to their own, I guess...

i hear ya, see that might be my difference is that, im using the ai sol blues ( b,rb,w) where u are using caddilacs compared to my fiat hahaha.

[kien]

Originally Posted by wreck

i hear ya, see that might be my difference is that, im using the ai sol blues ( b,rb,w) where u are using caddilacs compared to my fiat hahaha.

Our current TOTM is running AI Sol blues too, fyi. Just sayin'

[wreck]

Originally Posted by kien

Our current TOTM is running AI Sol blues too, fyi. Just sayin'

hmm that tank looks very nice, well s^&t must be my configuration.

thank kien!

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by kien

Our current TOTM is running AI Sol blues too, fyi. Just sayin'

Yeah, but there is a lot more to his tank, than just the lights!!... You could put almost any lights over that one, and it would still be TOTM. I have seen it in person a few times, and no pics can do it justice.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Yeah, but there is a lot more to his tank, than just the lights!!... You could put almost any lights over that one, and it would still be TOTM. I have seen it in person a few times, and no pics can do it justice.

However, and this is what got me going, his frag tank coral colors are much nicer than the DT. Running T5.

The problem is not tuning LED, or them not growing corals or providing really nice color, I just get nicer coral color from T5. Hardly noticeable, but to me, noticeable. The aesthetic look of the tank was also very pleasing with LED. But, with T5, I get all that plus another couple percentage points on SPS color scale. I've never claimed LED were not really good, just not really good enough for my SPS in my tank.

[kien]

Originally Posted by Reef Pilot

Yeah, but there is a lot more to his tank, than just the lights!!... You could put almost any lights over that one, and it would still be TOTM. I have seen it in person a few times, and no pics can do it justice.

I totally agree! And that was part of my point as well. If you take everything else out of the equation and just focus on the lights, the lights shouldn't be the issue here :-)

In the end beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I actually preferred the look of his corals in the DT over that of the frag tank. I know others (Brad) would differ.

[Reef Pilot]

Originally Posted by kien

In the end beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I actually preferred the look of his corals in the DT over that of the frag tank. I know others (Brad) would differ.

You know, there is a lot more to that than meets the eye (haha, how is that for a pun). I have had people over looking at some of my different corals, and they couldn't tell the difference in colour between some, and to me they were totally different. And I don't think they were colour blind either.

So I guess all eyes are not created equal either.