T-5 vs LED vs Halides.. Picture thread

[ChrisAndJulie2012]

Picture taken with iPad Pro camera.

Our tank is no where near some of yalls tanks, but here it is. Running a T5/Mh combo. We run the T5's mostly from 7 am to about 9pm and the Mh's for 5 1/2's a day on a timer.

Currently its one row of 10k with three rows of acentic. We got the fixture used so there are two different types Mh bulbs currently.

 

[borgie]

Ohhh I'm in! Custom fixture was a tek 8 bulb but removed the 4 inner bulbs to put in two hydra 26s, then on the back is two blue plus t5hos then the outside is one purple plus and one blue plus, fixture works great for being my first day.

 

[Clayman]

Roughly 65 gallon, started in 2010 with a 6 bulb T-5 with 3 Blue plus, 1 Purple plus, 1 True Actinic, 1 Coral plus.

 

[Belovedroses]

My clown has a eye problem?

 

[Belovedroses]

A bubble on his eye??

 

[Belovedroses]

What is it?

 

[Budman's Corals]

8-T5 top 2 pics in new tank bottom 2 one month ago in 120g

 

[Budman's Corals]

And my dslr camera arrives tomorrow and I'll get better pics then my phone. Can't wait.

 

[Tegridy Reef]

Led

halide

led

Wish I could snap a halide pic of my sunset it poylps are huge
Same thing with poylps my poylps reached so much and now i put same poylps in halide back to normal size. These tanks are plumbed together same water just differnt light
The Jedis are switched around with lighting specs

 

[CoralNerd]

I know one thing for sure if you get Led's you better get a lot of fixtures as the coverage is not what the manufacturers state. I'm going to add 6 t5's and also run two radions next to it. I'm sick of waiting for growth as the two radions over 46" tank is not enough even running them at 75%. Unimpressive pictures available if needed.

 

[Budman's Corals]

I know one thing for sure if you get Led's you better get a lot of fixtures as the coverage is not what the manufacturers state. I'm going to add 6 t5's and also run two radions next to it. I'm sick of waiting for growth as the two radions over 46" tank is not enough even running them at 75%. Unimpressive pictures available if needed.

I ran that but just seemed it was overkill.

 

[CoralNerd]

I ran that but just seemed it was overkill.

Nice combo radion t5 picture. Why didn't you just use the radions in the morning and evening for dusk dawn effects or just run less power to get the shimmering. Did you get rid of any of these lights?

 

[Budman's Corals]

Nice combo radion t5 picture. Why didn't you just use the radions in the morning and evening for dusk dawn effects or just run less power to get the shimmering. Did you get rd of any of these lights?

yeah sold all to get 8-t5 dimmable with a xho reef brite strip

 

[CoralNerd]

yeah sold all to get 8-t5 dimmable with a xho reef brite strip

Interesting I have debated the reef brite xho over radion for t5 supplement. What drove you over to reef brites? Also how brite do you run them and for you run them all day? I understand you can't see the reef brites over say six t5s.

 

[Budman's Corals]

Well I figured having 1500 worth of led was a little to much and even with the 120 on the radions it wasn't spreading enough to justify the need for them so went with 48 inch love them and are really Brite

 

[trido]

Still 100% LED.

 

[JJB103]

DIY LEDs and T5s.

 

[Jdm_kyle]

Been running the same leds since I set the tank up. It moved once and did lose a few things but this is the growth of a 1.5 years





 

[kdbkk]

Coral taken from led system. Pictured under t5 day 1 View attachment 146680

3 months under t5

Same story, taken from led tank, pictured under t5

3 months later

29g, six bulb t5

Pete, I have a 29 g I want to change to T5. What fixture did you use and is it hung or mounted? I'm not sure what I'm doing

 

[Pete polyp]

I bought a 6 bulb t5 fixture off ebay for like $120 . It has mounting legs