Is the MH "shimmer" missing from your T5 setup? Would this fix it?

[rsteagall]

Browsing around this morning, I found these:

http://www.earthtechproducts.com/p1332.html

http://www.earthtechproducts.com/p1331.html

http://www.earthtechproducts.com/p2638.html <--maybe the best option


I think these might work for those missing the "shimmer" of the MH with their T5 setups. I know that I have a single bulb led tactical flashlight that I held over my tank when running PC's... it definitely added that MH shimmer effect in the water.

Anyway, just a thought...

 

[randymon]

for the same price you can get a current powerbrite led strips made for aquarium use wit 4 10k 1 watt lights, 4 actinic, or combo. I got 2 for my 125 vho setup and they give pretty good shimmer especially when just the vho actinics are on. I am going to get 1 more unit tho as 2 dosen't quite cover a 6 foot tank.

 

[Pickupman66]

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Wow, those are pricy. would look good though.

 

[rsteagall]

As powerful as T5's appear to be, I would think more lumens would be needed. The current powerbrite led strips are only 50-60 lumens. The ones I linked to range from 80-400 lumens. I dunno

-Ryan

 

[NeveSSL]

If you want some shimmer added to a T5 setup, any high-power point source bulb will give it. I think there's a thread in the DIY forum about using halogen bulbs and a DIY relfector... nice and cheap and most people loved it!

Brandon

 

[Pickupman66]

I would worry about the light spectrum form the halogen bulbs. they also produce alot of heat. I could show you the heat produced by a 250 of 500 wat halogen bulb.

 

[NeveSSL]

I think these guys just had like 100w bulbs.

Brandon