Re: [GSAS-Member] Speaking of lights... anyone using T5 HO fixtures?

[Erik Olson <erik@thekrib.com>]

Just to add my own experience to the debate, I LOVE T5HO's.  I have two 
different tanks set up with them in a DIY equivalent to the AH Supply kits 
from reefgeek.com.  I did a lame little journal a few years back on the 
first one:

http://mystery.thekrib.com/T5/

I tacked on an entry with a new shot of the setup today.

  - Erik


On Sun, 20 Dec 2009, Matt Staroscik wrote:

> As far as I can tell, a PC is similar to a T5 folded back on itself, and a
> T5HO is that but overdriven for a little more light per watt. So I should
> get a lot more usable light into the tank with a T5HO fixture that fits my
> top better. That makes it look even tastier. Thought the light is a
> secondary bonus... what I am really trying to fix is how I gotta move one
> strip off the tank to open the hood more than a crack!
>
> Holy moly, a $180 fixture that meets my specs (4x54W, and not deep) and
> they'll give you any spectrum bulbs you want:
>
> http://www.catalinaaquarium.com/product_info.php?products_id=1630
>
> These Catalina Solar fixtures have a pretty good reputation, and this silver
> one is $100 less than the nearly identical black one. If I can sell my PC
> hoods, even cheap, the cost to upgrade would really be pretty decent.
>
> And if 4 T5 HOs is too much light, as some say, I can always run it with 3
> bulbs.
>
> I gotta sleep on it!
>
> MS
>
>
>
> On Sun, Dec 20, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Seattle_Aquarist <
> Seattle_Aquarist@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > Hi Matt,
> >
> > Oh boy, a lighting question; I like lighting questions!!!  You asked
> > several
> > excellent questions, here
> > <
> > http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/lighting/25638-t5-t5ho-vs-compact-fluores
> > cent-power.html<http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/lighting/25638-t5-t5ho-vs-compact-fluores%0Acent-power.html>>
> >  is where I started when researching different lighting
> > options for my aquariums.  It is a pretty good summary of the key points of
> > the different bulb types.
> >
> > Roy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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