please show me your t5 only sps tanks

[mpcart]

Here's my 58G. I have 6x39W but only run 4X39W most of the day.

-Mike

 

[reefsahoy]

mike, from what I can see (i'm on vacation using a pda phone to view reefcentral. it's a sickness) that's a nice looking tank. I will be checking out this thread when I get home on my regular monitor. i'd like to hear from people who are using t5s on large tanks successfully themselves firsthand experience. thanks

 

[dobly_1999]

mike's tank

mike's tank

like reefahoy, I am on vacation using a pda. nice tank. I currently use 2 55w t5 and 2 250W mh. I plan to add two more 10k t5 to run most of the day with the 2 existing T5s. I will run the mh at night for my pleasure and the corals. this will cut heating and energy cost. my temp now max at 82 with the a/c temp set to 76. I will add a chiller and increase my a/c to 82 when I am not home. hopefully this will save me on kilowatts.

 

[dobly_1999]

What is your light combination

What is your light combination

Hello Mike,
What is your light combination? What is your sump setup and can you show us pictures of your sump?
Thanks,

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9610841#post9610841 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mpcart
Here's my 58G. I have 6x39W but only run 4X39W most of the day.

-Mike

 

[mpcart]

I run 4 ATI Aquablues and 2 ATI Blue Plus. I only run two of the aquablues for about 3 hrs a day since my timer broke.

My sump is a 20L divided into a drain/skimmer chamber and a return chamber. I also have a DIY calcium reactor and a phosban reactor running out of the sump. There is no live rock, sand, or other refugium material in the sump.

Here's a picture. I think its about time I cleaned the thing out and simplified the wiring/tubing.

-Mike

 

[fijiblue]

Is anyone overdriving them. I was a MH user and figured I'd try T5's for my sps. I bought a tek 6 39watt for my 30gal. Would this be enough?

 

[msuzuki126]

Over a 30? Definitely should be fine.

 

[fijiblue]

How about bulb combo? I was thinking:

3 Aqua Blue
2 Blue Plus
1 Fiji Purple

 

[SptfireXIV]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9633391#post9633391 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by fijiblue
Is anyone overdriving them. I was a MH user and figured I'd try T5's for my sps. I bought a tek 6 39watt for my 30gal. Would this be enough?

Might be too much. I'm running the same fixture over my 75 (36x24x20) and its difficult for me not to bleach everything that goes in it.

 

[fijiblue]

Oh great!

 

[fijiblue]

I just bought it yesterday.

 

[fijiblue]

SptfireXIV
what's your bulb config?

 

[SptfireXIV]

Haha, I'm sure you'll be fine, you'll just need to be extra careful when acclimating them.

Actinic
Blue+
AquaBlue Special
AquaBlue Special
Blue+
Actinic

To be fair, when the corals I got bleached I was running a bulb combo closer to 10k, I've since added the 2 Blue+ bulbs and cut the main lights down to 8 hours a day with the actinics running for 12. The corals are coloring up nicely now.

Corals can adjust to almost any lighting setup, and you can't give *most* corals too much light, so I'm sure you'll be fine. A little overkill perhaps, but thats another story.

 

[oldimpala]

Guys, save your self some money in the long run and go MH from the get go. JMO

Rogger-

I'd be happy to recoup some of my MH money, and sell you the 3 MH's I have in boxes now. I'm using one, on my growout tank. And once the bulb dies, it'll be T-5, too....

They're all Ice-Cap 250W Ballasts, in PFO-HQI Mini Pendants, and believe me, I'm getting better color, and growth out of my Solar-Flare.

Believe me, there's more than one way to skin a cat; and this one doesn't require an evaporative fan to keep my tank at 81F. When I get home, I'll be happy to post some pics...


-Andy/Oldimpala

 

[fijiblue]

SptfireXIV & msuzuki126

Thanks for the help/info. Sorry for side tracking this thread with my questions. Now let's see T5 tanks, baby!:bounce1: :bounce3: :bounce2:

 

[Medicine Man]

Hate to say it but the Europeans are far ahead of us when it comes to Reef tanks and they MOSTLY use T5 lighting, from what I have seen. I'm still using MH lighting but wish I had just started with T5. Hard to switch when you so much money invested in MH lighting.

 

[SptfireXIV]

The grass is always greener on the other side When/if I upgrade I'll be going back to metal halides. I miss the shimmer.

 

[fijiblue]

What about that new fixture coming out (already taking preorders) that has LED's built into the T5 that adds shimmer?

 

[dvanacker]

I saw this pic today over in a other forum.

The owners name : pagliaccio1 from italia (italy)

Have to say this tank is really beautiful.

 

[Julio]

WOW!!!