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Originally Posted by Jstdv8 http:///forum/thread/381564/how-many-watts-needed#post_3324806
just for the record the TEK's that have the individual reflectors are a nicer unit than the Extreme pro like mine and the extreme pro is as good a unit as Current USA makes. Tek also has a cheap unit with a flat reflector so stay away from that one.
Here's another thought if you are in this for the long haul.
You can get an Ecoexotic LED fixture for that tank for about $1000.00 and is more powerful than any of the T-5's, you could grow whatever you wanted and get that LED/metal halide shimmer that looks so awesome.
1000.00 is a big initial investment, but if you look at it over the life of the fixture you actually save ALOT of money.
LED's last approx 11 years before thier bulbs start going south on you. So, within that 11 year you will have changed your T-5 lights 11 times. a 6 light fixture will cost $30 x 6 lights = 180 x 11years = 1980.00 just in light bulbs over that time period.
Wattage usage would also probbaly save quite a bit of money as well.
And besides LED-s T-5's are the most efficient bulbs out of the metal halide and power compact groups.
So that number gows up with a MH and way up with a Power Compact setup.
Just food for thought
i definetly dont have that 1000 to fork out right now.. lol.. if i did, i would never have started this thread and just gotten the 'standard MH' and then seen that LED lights exist, and just bout those.. .t5's and pc's and all of that would be 'beneath' me.. lol
Originally Posted by Jstdv8 http:///forum/thread/381564/how-many-watts-needed#post_3324806
just for the record the TEK's that have the individual reflectors are a nicer unit than the Extreme pro like mine and the extreme pro is as good a unit as Current USA makes. Tek also has a cheap unit with a flat reflector so stay away from that one.
Here's another thought if you are in this for the long haul.
You can get an Ecoexotic LED fixture for that tank for about $1000.00 and is more powerful than any of the T-5's, you could grow whatever you wanted and get that LED/metal halide shimmer that looks so awesome.
1000.00 is a big initial investment, but if you look at it over the life of the fixture you actually save ALOT of money.
LED's last approx 11 years before thier bulbs start going south on you. So, within that 11 year you will have changed your T-5 lights 11 times. a 6 light fixture will cost $30 x 6 lights = 180 x 11years = 1980.00 just in light bulbs over that time period.
Wattage usage would also probbaly save quite a bit of money as well.
And besides LED-s T-5's are the most efficient bulbs out of the metal halide and power compact groups.
So that number gows up with a MH and way up with a Power Compact setup.
Just food for thought
i definetly dont have that 1000 to fork out right now.. lol.. if i did, i would never have started this thread and just gotten the 'standard MH' and then seen that LED lights exist, and just bout those.. .t5's and pc's and all of that would be 'beneath' me.. lol