LOTS of T5HO info..Par and Lamp pics

05xrunner

05xrunner

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Ok so here is info from The Grim Reefer on another forum but not allowed to name here. now just so everyone knows these are measured with individual reflectors. not a big single one.
Par info for bulbs
ATI
Sun Pro 357
Aquablue 336
Blue Plus 311
Actinic 137
D&D/Giesemann
Midday 325
Aquablue 324
Actinic Plus 264
Pure Actinic 157
UVL
Aqua sun 345
Actinic White 293
Super Actinic 210
AquaZ
Sun Pro 285
Ocean Pro 323
Blue Pro 266
Helios
Daylight 309
Super Blue 225
Current Sun Paq
Daylight 10K 272
Blue 252
GE Daylight 340
 
05xrunner

05xrunner

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Lamp pics
PAR readinga are next to the lamp names
ATI Aquablue 341 - KZ Coral Light 342 - Aquascience DUO 334 - Aquascience Spec. 15K 320 - GE6500 348 - GE3000 319*

*The GE 3000K lamp has been in use for about 5 months
Blue Plus 308 - Actinic Plus 318 - Aquascience 22000K 302 - Current 460 Actinic 275 - Aquaz Blue Pro 282 - KZ Fiji Purple 320
UVL Super Actinic 232 - Sfigoli Super Blue Actinic 209 - D&D Gmann Pure Actinic 167 - ATI Actinic Blue 140 - UVL Actinic White 308 - KZ Fiji Purple 319
Alternate View
Just Actinics
Super Actinic - Sfigoli Actinic Blue - D&D Giesemann Pure Actinic - ATI Actinic Blue
Super Actinic - Sfigoli Actinic Blue - D&D Giesemann Pure Actinic - KZ Fiji Blue
Phillips 4100K - Current 10K - Aquascience Special 15000K - GE 3000K - GE 6500K ATI Actinic Blue
No PAR Readings
 
05xrunner

05xrunner

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I thought all the nonstop threads on T5 on what bulb is good, what is better and what color has what..More people would be interested in this..I guess I was wrong
 
davmul

davmul

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ok, I finally pulled the trigger
ATI Blue Plus
UVL 75/25
UVL Aqua Sun
ATI Blue Plus
4x54W Sundial fixture
 
gypsana

gypsana

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Could someone give me help? I can not decide I am getting a tek 4' 8 bulb and I have some hammer coral right now and fish. The main thing is I want a clam what light combo would be the best for them.
 
nigerbang

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At what depth were these readings taken at? Under the bulb or in the water at a certain depth?
and also, what type of ballast did you use? Have you checked the readings overdriving them with an Icecap?
 
culp

culp

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Originally Posted by NigerBang
http:///forum/post/2934736
At what depth were these readings taken at? Under the bulb or in the water at a certain depth?
and also, what type of ballast did you use? Have you checked the readings overdriving them with an Icecap?
from what i read on the other forum the reading were from 1.5 inches under the bulbs. not under water, even though i would really like to know what the par reading are from under 5, 10, 15, and 20 inches.
i believe the test where not from a icecap ballast.
 
reefraff

reefraff

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Does the Avitar look familiar?

It doesn't do a lot of good to take different measurements when comparing lamps. Those numbers are just to demonstrate which T5 lamps have the most PAR. There are reflector and fixture readings taken in a tank that is helpful.
There is no advertising on this link so hopefully it is cool to post it here
http://tfivetesting.googlepages.com/
It is going to be updated pretty soon but I keep getting involved with other things
 
culp

culp

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since your brought up your website, i have a couple of things to ask you about.
like
"105 watts for a 72” lamp" i was pretty sure they didn't make 72" T5 Bulbs.
and why didn't you take any par readings under water?
 
reefraff

reefraff

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Originally Posted by Culp
http:///forum/post/3004884
since your brought up your website, i have a couple of things to ask you about.
like
"105 watts for a 72” lamp" i was pretty sure they didn't make 72" T5 Bulbs.
and why didn't you take any par readings under water?
Helios has made 72 inch T5's for like 4 years. Last I looked premium aquatics has them.
The reflector and fixture readings were done under water.
There is no point to doing underwater measurements for lamp comparisons. You are only looking at the raw numbers to determine which lamps will perform the best in your particular setup.
By the way the Blue Plus is probably the second highest PAR lamp out there. The Apogee PAR meters under read blue light and over read red. I always assumed the Aquablue lamps had more PAR than the daylights because they have a lot of blue but didn't figure on the blue pluses being that strong. But when read with a spectrometer the Blue Plus had more PAR than a UVL Aquasun.
These particular reflector readings were taking in air but a actual working distance from the reflectors
Lamp 24" from sensor in air measurement. Measurements are from center of lamp
ATI (Center 37) (3" 36) (6" 31) peak 38 @1/2" offset
Reefgeek (Center 37) (3" 35) (6" 26) Peak 38 @ 1"
Aquactinics (Center 33) (3" 32) (6" 30) Peak 34 @ 1 1/2"
Ice Cap (Center 32) (3" 28) (6" 28) Peak 34 @ 1"
Tek II (Center 26) (3" 25) (6" 23) Peak 23 center
Fauna Marin (Center 23) (3" 22) (6" 22) Peak 23 Center
9" 0ff center
ATI 20
Reef Geek 22
Aquactinics 24
Ice Cap 24
Tek II 20
Fauna Marin 20
 
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