does anybody have SPS or anemones under t5 or VHOs

krazekajin

krazekajin

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I am interested in seeing what people have in thier tanks under t5s or VHOs.
can I lights a 55g tank with either of these and be able to keep some SPS (maninly montipora and some simpel acro and my LTA?
 
mr. guitar

mr. guitar

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Yeah!!! You can have almost everything with T5's or VHO's that you can under MH...except for the harder to keep Acros. I have VHOs and my Montipora Digitata is growin like crazy!!!!!!!! I did have an Orange Monti. Cap but something went wrong with my tank and I lost 3 corals...that one died. Montiporas will do just fine under those lightings. I know that Green Slimers do well under VHO's...I'm sure they'd do fine under T5. LTA should be fine too.
 
nick76

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Originally Posted by Mr. Guitar
Yeah!!! You can have almost everything with T5's or VHO's that you can under MH...except for the harder to keep Acros. I have VHOs and my Montipora Digitata is growin like crazy!!!!!!!! I did have an Orange Monti. Cap but something went wrong with my tank and I lost 3 corals...that one died. Montiporas will do just fine under those lightings. I know that Green Slimers do well under VHO's...I'm sure they'd do fine under T5. LTA should be fine too.
T-5s but how many watts was the fixture u had?
 
mr. guitar

mr. guitar

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Originally Posted by Nick76
T-5s but how many watts was the fixture u had?
Not sure how many watts my lights have. VHO's work great...everyone I know in town has them and all have some sort of SPS and they thrive under VHO's.
 
mr. guitar

mr. guitar

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Originally Posted by reefkprZ
heck I keep motipora capricornis under PCs. (right at the top of the tank of course)
...Yeah most people think you can only have SPS under MH. Guess what? They're wrong!!!
 
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mike6969n

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Just a little info i thought might help, i have the nova extreme with t5 bulbs, 2 10k 2 actinic blue and 3 moon lights and i love it. i am currently keeping pom pom xenias, green and brown star polyps, brown wood polyps, two types of button polyps, frog spawn, a rock anenomie, and some blue xenias and they are all doing very well. i was just using floresant bulbs that came with the tank and everything was living, but not opened as full as they are now. i have had this system for 6 months and i love it i have a 65 gal and it works great for me.
mike in alabama
 
reefkprz

reefkprz

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Originally Posted by mike6969n
Just a little info i thought might help, i have the nova extreme with t5 bulbs, 2 10k 2 actinic blue and 3 moon lights and i love it. i am currently keeping pom pom xenias, green and brown star polyps, brown wood polyps, two types of button polyps, frog spawn, a rock anenomie, and some blue xenias and they are all doing very well. i was just using floresant bulbs that came with the tank and everything was living, but not opened as full as they are now. i have had this system for 6 months and i love it i have a 65 gal and it works great for me.
mike in alabama
I'm jealous of the blue xenia.... Alot.
 
krazekajin

krazekajin

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what do you think of this set up?
PFO VHO retrofit consists of
a 4 bulb ballast with endcaps, cords, etc
Then
2 1000K Bulbs
2 Super Atinic bulbs
The price would be around 270 plus shipping?
What do I need for VHOs or T5s
ballast, encaps, reflector, wires, bulbs, anything else?
 
saltn00b

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T-5 blow VHO out of the water. the reason being, is that you can individually reflect each bulb and hence triple their PAR value. do a search for T-5 growth comparisons on yahoo or google and you can see some amazing examples of everything you would want to keep. if done right, T-5 can sustain any light sustaining organisms in tanks under 30" tall.
 
krazekajin

krazekajin

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Originally Posted by saltn00b
T-5 blow VHO out of the water. the reason being, is that you can individually reflect each bulb and hence triple their PAR value. do a search for T-5 growth comparisons on yahoo or google and you can see some amazing examples of everything you would want to keep. if done right, T-5 can sustain any light sustaining organisms in tanks under 30" tall.
What do you mean by individually reflect each bulb? Just a reflector for each bulb? or something different?
 
krazekajin

krazekajin

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Sunlight Supply T5 Retrofit System & Kit
T5 Sunlight Supply Tek Retro System
Our exclusive Tek reflector with 95% reflective German material
Major brand ballast runs 2 lamps
Stucchi waterproof end-caps & sockets
Icecap-easy mounting stand-offs
8 ft of paired 18g color coded wiring
6 ft power cord—120V
Ballast operates at lamp specifications for longer lamp life
with 2 Giesemann Powerchrome Midday 54W 48in T5 High Output Fluorescent Lamp and 2 Giesemann Powerchrome Pure Actinic 54W 48in T5 High Output Fluorescent Lamp
price is around 317 shipping included. Could this set up work for a 90g sps tank? Or do I need to go MH. I am sure that this set up would work for my 50g tank with any coral.
 
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mike6969n

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check out the nova t5 extreme lighting system i think it is cheaper than that and pre-assembled. i love mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
saltn00b

saltn00b

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Originally Posted by KrazeKajin
What do you mean by individually reflect each bulb? Just a reflector for each bulb? or something different?
that is correct.
Tek and aquactinic seem to be the most popular T-5 choices.
i am getting the aquactinic 72" 14 x 39W next month - i cant wait :happyfish
 
krazekajin

krazekajin

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Okay, I looked up nova extreme lights and they run around $240.
What Can I support in my 50g tank with 216w of T5 lights? Sps? Anemone?
 
chilwil84

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this is my 90 with the nova extreme with 8 54watt t5s it has a tuberina, a bottlebrush acro, and monticap, i just put another acro, a digita, and a pollicipora today but havent taken any pictures yet i forgot about my unknown purple acro colony in the middle



 
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