Bringing back the T5's?

[Brian W]

Curious who's out there has or is thinking about swapping out their leds for T5's?

I was looking at my old tank build thread and it's really making me want to bring out my old fixture and put t5's on my current tank.

Old tank pics from 2017

 

[SaltyWalty]

I run a hybrid system and love it. LEDs have their benefits and so do t5s so why not use both

 

[Tahoe61]

My ATI 24 Sunpower was absolutely one of my very favorite fixtures. I have given up finding another. The fixture grew Acropora beautifully.

 

[Uncle99]

I do both,
LED for Pop and control.
T5 for the stable defused light

 

[Brian W]

I run a hybrid system and love it. LEDs have their benefits and so do t5s so why not use both

Very true. I could.

 

[spsick]

T5 works ok for me

 

[Brian W]

T5 works ok for me

Beautiful!

 

[Science/G]

Why not both? Best of both worlds. I love my hybrid fixture. I love the shimmer, controllability, the ramping and the color adjustability of the LEDs and the light fill and spread of the T5's.

 

[Shawn D]

T5’s here also. Ran a hybrid with primes for a few years.

My ATI 24 Sunpower was absolutely one of my very favorite fixtures. I have given up finding another. The fixture grew Acropora beautifully.

There are a few on market place in minneapolis

 

[reefpanda]

Ditched my Hydra32 and back to T5

 

[Science/G]

I like the shimmer provided by the LEDs in combination with the T5's. T5's alone just look too static for me when alone.

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

I just bought a 36" ATI t5 fixture for my 48" future tank. I will be almost definitely be purchasing a 48" quanta meso blue helix bar to add LED and more blue to the tank. LED's really do make the corals pop more than t5. The t5 to me adds fill light as well as increased growth of stony corla.s