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I did use halides on my 300g tank. halides and t5.
The lights are sitting in the workshop. I did build a frame to hang them from. The new 600g tank process is:
Sell my house, move into the house I have a contingent offer on, tear out wall, install tank, hang lights.
That said, I did use halides on my 300g tank. halides and t5. I thought about LEDs but honestly, after stepping back and looking at the situation, I kind of think lighting a big tank with LED is ridiculous. The spread just isn't there and every large SPS tank with LEDs that I see ends up using more wattage than if they just used halides.
Anyways.. I'm hugely excited about this build but it is all waiting on selling my house. Anyone interested in a 3,800 sq.ft. house in the hills of Portland, OR?
Cool. Did you like that set-up?
That's what I'm considering, but will the T5 units add that much to make it worth having them? What bulbs did you have in the T5s? Actinic?
If I do switch to halides, I will definitely miss the ramping of the LEDs; I REALLY like the low light of early/late times.
(I thought about keeping the LEDs WITH the halides ONLY for that early/late ramp look)