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post #21 of 23
7/22/11 at 10:57pm

I'm running a T-5 6 light nova extreme pro with the stock Current USA bulbs and I'm getting really decent growth on my softies, LPS and SPS.

My tank is a 120g so it's about 4" shallower than yours, but if you had the ATI bulbs in a quality fixture you could run T-5's for sure.

I've got acros, montis, stags, birdsnest, anemones all doing fine with the lighting I have.

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post #22 of 23
7/23/11 at 9:37am
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Originally Posted by Jstdv8 View Post

I'm running a T-5 6 light nova extreme pro with the stock Current USA bulbs and I'm getting really decent growth on my softies, LPS and SPS.

My tank is a 120g so it's about 4" shallower than yours, but if you had the ATI bulbs in a quality fixture you could run T-5's for sure.

I've got acros, montis, stags, birdsnest, anemones all doing fine with the lighting I have.

Cool!  I looked up that fixture and the price is good.  Under $400.  Now, if you could, school me a little bit on the difference in those bulbs...  And are you getting good coraline growth on your rocks?  I am guessing you are if your sps are growing.

 

Oh! and say Hi the Sarah for me next time you run into her!

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post #23 of 23
7/24/11 at 1:50am

Actually coraline is the only thing that doesn't grow in my tank. I have a couple tiny splotches on the back glass that aren't getting any bigger, and I have a few rocks that I bought with coraline on them but it's not spreading.

I don't know how much the Tek fixtures are, but they are better than my lights. The extreme pro is a good bang for the buck, but if you need more power the ATI's come with better bulbs, better refelctors and I think are overdriven producing alot more PAR

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