Aquatic life t5 light

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Right now I currently have a aquatic life t5 with 6 bulbs on my tank. I want To add supplemental led lights on the tank for that extra pop of color. I don’t know how to add it as the lights are resting on my frame with the legs 6 inches above the water. How can I add it to the tank. It’s a 90g tank and 4 feet wide.
 

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can you zip tie/screw to edges of existing light?
 

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they are great lights,norm only thing goes bad is control board ,and is cheap and easy fix ,goggle check it out :)
 
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they are great lights,norm only thing goes bad is control board ,and is cheap and easy fix ,goggle check it out :)
I agree. The ballast too. But other than that I would like more par as my rock work is about 6-7 inches below the waterline. More par can’t hurt either as my acros have lost some color without the par
 

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how often are you changing t5's,keeping shield clean correct?
 
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Once a week with the shield. The lights 1 year. The issue is the lights fed thru the wall and on the same system as my frag tank! Its really right against the wall too I know it may not seem like a pain but it is. Just trying to see if a simple solution to this
 

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not fully understanding? can you post pic of tank and frag system?
 
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they are great lights,norm only thing goes bad is control board ,and is cheap and easy fix ,goggle check it out :)
I do love them but think I need that little extra pop from the corals. I don’t have a par meter, but hear 380-450 for some corals. I have my corals about half the way up on my rock work and tons of flow on the tank. Some like it some don’t.
 
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Here the frag tank and my bedroom tank. They are both on the same sump.

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have you considered a couple of 165 watt viperspectras ,i have used,lots of threads here on them ,very strong good lights,not too much$$,most are running whites 10-20% blues 30-50% ,then if you upgrade to a 6' er you would just need another one ;) think they run about 130.oo$$
 
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have you considered a couple of 165 watt viperspectras ,i have used,lots of threads here on them ,very strong good lights,not too much$$,most are running whites 10-20% blues 30-50% ,then if you upgrade to a 6' er you would just need another one ;) think they run about 130.oo$$
If I were to move to led it would be a hybrid. And I would spend the money and do it right with radion g5 on all the tanks(it will happen but right now I cannot) For right now I want to see if I could add something to my current lights.
 

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that takes us back to the stunner strips,not sure on price ,but surely going to be 100$ ea :(
 

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led 48" long,1" wide1/2" tall,can look into aquatic life or reefbrite
 

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the blues ;) i'll take some pics of mine tomorrow:)
 
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