T5's ,LEDS or metal halides?

[Reef Pets]

Oh you're just saying that cuz you think they're better... :P :nerd:

Nooo! Cause I know they are better. Its amazing how they work.... You put them over your tank and BaaaaM you're good to go!

 

[Daniel@R2R Verified Admin]

Nooo! Cause I know they are better. Its amazing how they work.... You put them over your tank and BaaaaM you're good to go!

LOL I was just picking on you, bro. I'll have to send you pics of your SPS under my new LED setup once I get it. Then you can do a comparison. ;) Feel free to include any extras you want to put in a trial run. :D ha ha ha

 

[bct15]

Below is a link to a scientific article comparing the growth rate of corals under different types of light at different heights. Cliff notes for anybody who does not want to read it, mh had the fastest average growth rate, t5 had the second fastest, and led had the slowest average growth rate.

They uses a whole bunch of pieces of coral under each light type and took the average growth rate of all the pieces underneath that type of light.

http://www.horniman.ac.uk/media/_so...e_coral_Montipora_capricornis-HFitzgerald.pdf

 

[SloppyJ]

Cliff notes ver. 2:


They only tested it on monti caps. And they used a 10k bulb which isn't practical in our application. They also healed all of the caps under the halide for 9 weeks before the experiment which could have affected the results. The LED unit also only had 10 LEDs. The halide also had the best and worst growth based on tank position. Very cool paper though. However, I don't think it's definitive.

 

[bluwtr]

bct15 what are you doing here?! I thought I was the only Just Fish member who ventured to other sites outside RC!!!!

 

[sesegaL99]

Led. Ocean Revive Arctic S026.

 

[Marksreef]

Did you ever get the fixture? I want to know how you like it and how it's doing if you would do something different because I'm thinking about getting one? Thanks.

 

[scoobysnack77]

Did you ever get the fixture? I want to know how you like it and how it's doing if you would do something different because I'm thinking about getting one? Thanks.

well I just got the Hamilton Cebu sun metal halide /t5 combo and I must say I'm done searching for lighting. This fixture looks gorgeous and my Acros literally started showing thier Floresence colors in 2 weeks after having them up. And In my opinion the actinics of t5's let the corals show off thier own colors instead of an LED light show. I've had led's, t5's and halides over my tank in a period of 2 years. And as an Acro lover I'm never leaving my halides again. No more falling for marketing schemes on overpriced LED's. Any acro reefer will tell you halides are the best and all the reefers I've learned from and looked up to are still using them. T5's are great for supplement blue and actinic to sweeten up your white halide bulbs. Right now I'm running 14k pheonix halides with 3 blue plus's and an actinic and everything is gorgeous looking. I've never been happier

 

[Shannon Harlan]

Original Aquamedic fixture and LED attached to it. Looking forward for another LED strip for other side.

How did you mount the led to your light I want try mount my reef bright to my mh without destroying it!

 

[mgoesma]

I'm thinking about adding some leds lights to my t5 fixture. Something like this one on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004YMV9KK/ref=ox_sc_saved_image_3?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A3HE69KJLXIPR4
Am I crazy to do this?

 

[exonn]

How did you mount the led to your light I want try mount my reef bright to my mh without destroying it!

You can see everything in pictures. I just drilled two holes in fixture and used screws without heads.