Before and after pics switching from led to t5

neltel_7 · Jun 2, 2020

Do you guys have any pics of your tank before and after your switch? I’d love to see them
id also love to see before and after pics of adding supplement led’s (like reef brites) to you’re t5 set up

Also please list your bulb combination

hoju74 · Jun 2, 2020

Following.

xiaoxiy · Jun 2, 2020

Just for funsies and the opposite of the coin, I made the opposite swap. I went from Giesemann MH/T5 hybrid (Phoenix 14k 250W with 2 ATI Purple Plus and 2 ATI Blue Plus) with LED supplementation (BML Actinic Strip) to straight LEDS (2x ReeFi Extremes) approximately 2 weeks ago. Went from about 400W+ at peak photoperiod to down 270W

Surprisingly, my alk consumption has increased slightly (not by anything huge though). This past weekend, I reviewed the weekly growth pictures I take regularly. Thought I'd share for those interested in what has happened with my growth since swapping to LEDs. So far I'm confident in saying that, growth didn't skip a beat going from a MH/T5/LED Hybrid to LED. I never thought that I'd say this, but coloration may actually even have improved a bit.

Enough talk, here are growth pictures of my acropora over the past 2 weeks. The first set of pictures is 1 week (May 15th) before I changed lights and the second set is 1 week after light change (May 28th).

neltel_7 · Jun 2, 2020

xiaoxiy said:
Just for funsies and the opposite of the coin, I made the opposite swap. I went from Giesemann MH/T5 hybrid (Phoenix 14k 250W with 2 ATI Purple Plus and 2 ATI Blue Plus) with LED supplementation (BML Actinic Strip) to straight LEDS (2x ReeFi Extremes) approximately 2 weeks ago. Went from about 400W+ at peak photoperiod to down 270W

Surprisingly, my alk consumption has increased slightly (not by anything huge though). This past weekend, I reviewed the weekly growth pictures I take regularly. Thought I'd share for those interested in what has happened with my growth since swapping to LEDs. So far I'm confident in saying that, growth didn't skip a beat going from a MH/T5/LED Hybrid to LED. I never thought that I'd say this, but coloration may actually even have improved a bit.

Enough talk, here are growth pictures of my acropora over the past 2 weeks. The first set of pictures is 1 week (May 15th) before I changed lights and the second set is 1 week after light change (May 28th).

Thank you for you’re input! That is nice growth! Have you considered supplementing the led with t5s?