powerbrites are AWESOME

XCrunnr36 · Mar 29, 2010

yeaaaah i may never turn my main lighting back on again.

haha no but seriously i just rigged a unit up on my tank to check out what they were all about. for anyone who may be considering or didnt know this was even out there... here's a comparison pic!

ps... picture doesn't do it any justice.

byeung · Mar 29, 2010

In the second pic is it just powerbrites or powerbrites and tank light?

lvsuckerfish · Mar 29, 2010

full tank shot!

Troylee · Mar 29, 2010

what are you comparing them to??t5's vho's etc???

johnanddawn · Mar 29, 2010

nice pic
- i just commented on a dif forum about how i plan on getting more actinic powerbrights to sup the actinic in my T5 lights because i've never been happy with the pop from T5's.
the 450 spectrum of blue + and the low PAR/brightness of T5 actinics just aren't the same as a good actinic glow you can get from VHO, and i really have been missing that in my new set up
- i've been running 2 powerbrights and am going to get two more this week - powerbright actinic LED suplimentation may be the answer i was looking for

XCrunnr36 · Mar 29, 2010

Sorry guys guess i shoulda included some of that in the first post!

The comparison pic is to the powerbrites alone compared to a phoenix 14k 250w

And unfortunately i will need two linked strips to get the full effect across the tank. i will say that is the one feature that i am not too terribly thrilled about i have a 24x24x18 cube and one strip alone only covers about 12"

Also when i have my halide on the powerbrites are irrelevant all together so i wouldn't consider it supplemental lighting in that sense.