T-5 HO vs. regular PC
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harris28
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Do a search for these: Aquactinics TX5 Series 36 inch T5HO Fixture. It's 5 39 watt T5 HO fixture. It has individual reflectors too. I just bought the 48" and it looks to be a good fixture. I've done hours of research and thats what I decided to go with. For the 48" fixture, 5 bulbs, and shipping I paid $480. This is going on my 75gal and I will be able to keep anything for the most part like clams, anenome, sps, lps.
reefraff
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A good parabolic reflector made out of specral aluminum will nearly double the light output over a flat reflector. Keep hearing rumors of Current coming out with them on the Nova's. Hope they do it right. I had a reflector that looks like a near duplicate of an Ice Cap but it's different material. The output from it is more than 20% less than the Ice Cap. There are at least 5 manufacturers I can think of making T5 fixtures with the good reflectors.
jpc763
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I just got a brand new Current Nova Extreme 48 inch 4x54w with 4 lunar lights from an on-line retailer on sale for $199. I also found an online coupon for said retailer for additional 15% off so I ended up getting the setup for $169. IM me with your email if you want info of where.
am00re34
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my advice is go w/ TEK. Dont skimp on lights because if you want corals or clams you dont want a $80 coral to die because your lights aren't up to par. Sure you saved some money on the purchase of the lights, but you will lose down the road.
If you want T-5 i dont think anyone will argue TEK is the way to go. Great unit w/ amazing individual reflectors.
If you want T-5 i dont think anyone will argue TEK is the way to go. Great unit w/ amazing individual reflectors.
dmjordan
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Originally Posted by fanker
i love the tek 4x54w thats what i had and loved them i could keep anything under them and my tank was a sps/clam only tank
is there any benefit going with the 8 bulb unit versus the 4 bulb tek light. just curious cause i didn't think the 4 bulb unit would be enough for a clam and sps. i want to start doing some acros when i decide on the bulb configuration. it would be for a 55 gal tank.
i love the tek 4x54w thats what i had and loved them i could keep anything under them and my tank was a sps/clam only tank
is there any benefit going with the 8 bulb unit versus the 4 bulb tek light. just curious cause i didn't think the 4 bulb unit would be enough for a clam and sps. i want to start doing some acros when i decide on the bulb configuration. it would be for a 55 gal tank.
