Want Opinions -- RapidLED vs XHO vs Other for blue LED strip
Tank: 24x24x18 Cube, SPS, 6x24 T5
So here's the obvious stuff
- XHO has double the LED's per foot
- XHO is know to fry corals without the dimmer
- XHO (with dimmer) is 3x the cost of the RapidLED
Here's what I'm not sure about..
- Is the RapidLED fixture enough to bring that pop to the tank by itself?
- Is there another alternative you would suggest? (21ledUSA, sBar)
- Should I just get a pair of AI Prime HD when they pop up used?
There's a lot of cool options out there. Enough to where I couldn't begin to know where to start. The problem is I don't want to grab something and be disappointed..
I checked out someone's tank recently who had a Reef Brite Tech strip. He regretted it, and showed me that you couldn't even tell when it was on or off with an 8x36 T5 Fixture. So It's either XHO, RapidLED, or something like an AI Prime HD.
I just want blue pop. If I got an AI Prime I'm sure I'd use more than just that blue channel, but I mostly want to get that missing pop and add a LITTLE shimmer to my T5 setup.
Tank: 24x24x18 Cube, SPS, 6x24 T5
So here's the obvious stuff
- XHO has double the LED's per foot
- XHO is know to fry corals without the dimmer
- XHO (with dimmer) is 3x the cost of the RapidLED
Here's what I'm not sure about..
- Is the RapidLED fixture enough to bring that pop to the tank by itself?
- Is there another alternative you would suggest? (21ledUSA, sBar)
- Should I just get a pair of AI Prime HD when they pop up used?
There's a lot of cool options out there. Enough to where I couldn't begin to know where to start. The problem is I don't want to grab something and be disappointed..
I checked out someone's tank recently who had a Reef Brite Tech strip. He regretted it, and showed me that you couldn't even tell when it was on or off with an 8x36 T5 Fixture. So It's either XHO, RapidLED, or something like an AI Prime HD.
I just want blue pop. If I got an AI Prime I'm sure I'd use more than just that blue channel, but I mostly want to get that missing pop and add a LITTLE shimmer to my T5 setup.