Ati t5 vs aquatic life

[broach]

I know this thread may have been touched and gone over some many times. But I am venturing into the t5 world from kessil. I have a new innovative 30 gallon 36" long tank. It's very short in depth and not very tall.

I know ati makes premium lights when it comes to bulbs etc. but will the ati be over kill and is it worth the dimmable?

 

[ReeferEric]

Go big or go home! Fixtures you buy once in most cases, bulbs are a different story. I don't care so much about them being able to dim or not.

 

[broach]

I see you run the ati fixture yourself. Do you run led for color pop? I'm debating on supplementing with a led strip light. I'm going big on this tank as I already have a lot of high end corals and I wanna go all out on lights.

 

[Marquiseo]

I know this thread may have been touched and gone over some many times. But I am venturing into the t5 world from kessil. I have a new innovative 30 gallon 36" long tank. It's very short in depth and not very tall.

I know ati makes premium lights when it comes to bulbs etc. but will the ati be over kill and is it worth the dimmable?

I have the same tank except I am removing the false wall because of the tank has been a nightmare. I am getting the ATI 6 bulb non-dimmable. It will be here Friday or Monday. I chose to go T5 for coverage, maximum growth and coloration. It may be overkill if you use tend to stray towards 14k or less spectrum. I will run 4 Blue+, 1 Coral+, and 1 Purple+ so it will be the right amount of par and blue.