carlosec83
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I plan on buying the 8 bulb T5 24" dimmable fixture, I currently have LED and when I had T5 I liked the coverage, color and growth of my SPS, with LED the LPS seem to pop even better as well as the Zoa and Paly- therefore id like best of both worlds..
Since I currently own 2 LED arrays at 39w each- 2 channel 13 LEd's per array, I was thinking of removing the center 2 bulbs of the fixture and fitting the arrays in- however questions are:
*Will removal of the 2 bulbs cause problems on the firing of the other bulbs?
*Will the wattage consumed by the fixture still be the same as running 8 bulbs or will it only consume 6 bulb wattage?
I'd like to have the option of either only running 6 bulb t5 fixture or 8 bulb fixture since cost diff on 2 more bulbs is not that much. Just in case i dont like the LED look once added to the fixture...thats why im going with the 8 bulb. The fixture will go over a std 60 gal cube 24x24x24 center overflow and I have a mixed SPS and LPS reef.
Any help is appreciated.
Since I currently own 2 LED arrays at 39w each- 2 channel 13 LEd's per array, I was thinking of removing the center 2 bulbs of the fixture and fitting the arrays in- however questions are:
*Will removal of the 2 bulbs cause problems on the firing of the other bulbs?
*Will the wattage consumed by the fixture still be the same as running 8 bulbs or will it only consume 6 bulb wattage?
I'd like to have the option of either only running 6 bulb t5 fixture or 8 bulb fixture since cost diff on 2 more bulbs is not that much. Just in case i dont like the LED look once added to the fixture...thats why im going with the 8 bulb. The fixture will go over a std 60 gal cube 24x24x24 center overflow and I have a mixed SPS and LPS reef.
Any help is appreciated.
