Hey everyone! I've got a 90 gallon currently using the dreaded 130 watt PC x4. Well the lights are shot and I want to switch to t-5's. How many and what size t-5's could I fit into an orbit 48" canopy with dual cooling fans? Also what would the recommended bulb selection be?:beer:
Richard's Nephew
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An Orbit 48" canopy?? Do you mean an Orbit fixture.......if so, the Orbit fixtures only come as either PC's or the Outer Orbit which is halides with T5 actinic supplementation. If you have a canopy I wouldn't use a complete fixture but rather a retro setup mounted inside the canopy. If you're talking about just a T5 light fixture alone, you can run either 4, 6 or 8 48" T5HO bulbs depending on what you plan to keep and if you'll be using individual reflectors for the bulbs (makes a big difference).
I use a 4-bulb T5HO setup on one of my 55g TBS tanks and I use 2X UVL Super Actinics, 1X UVL Aquasun, and 1X UVL Actinic White
There are tons of choices of T5 bulbs depending on what look you want and what you plan to keep, the best ones are made by ATI, Geisemann, and UVL. Check out some of the sponsors here like ReefGeek.com to see them all.
An Orbit 48" canopy?? Do you mean an Orbit fixture.......if so, the Orbit fixtures only come as either PC's or the Outer Orbit which is halides with T5 actinic supplementation. If you have a canopy I wouldn't use a complete fixture but rather a retro setup mounted inside the canopy. If you're talking about just a T5 light fixture alone, you can run either 4, 6 or 8 48" T5HO bulbs depending on what you plan to keep and if you'll be using individual reflectors for the bulbs (makes a big difference).
I use a 4-bulb T5HO setup on one of my 55g TBS tanks and I use 2X UVL Super Actinics, 1X UVL Aquasun, and 1X UVL Actinic White
There are tons of choices of T5 bulbs depending on what look you want and what you plan to keep, the best ones are made by ATI, Geisemann, and UVL. Check out some of the sponsors here like ReefGeek.com to see them all.
Fshed a tourney in ft pierce the past weekend leaving Fri am, Still expecting our lights to be delivered that day we entrusted a neighbor to accept the package, And off we roll. Stay at the dockside and fish strikers hard..Ended up with a cpl dinners worth. Fishing for snook a friend catches what she thinks is a baby grouper.. I think not we save and arerate this speciman back to Orlando to find our retrofit awaiting. Dump him in the tank and then start converting from PC's OMG what a chore. Much wiring was not forethought for a retro, Basically we got two different wiring setups to put in the same cqanopy. Got R done. Now the miniatus and Blenny are having a turf war while we're seeing colors I've never seen out of our tank. It's all good:bum:
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Here are some pics of the T-5 conversion, This includes 2 10k's and 2 640's 54 watt. I'd appreciate any comments on spectrum and strength of lighting for this size tank. I'm guessing MH's would be the only answer to get the "shimmer"....
What would the slimmest MH fixture that could piggy back the orbit fixture? Hello My name is Brad and I'm an aquarium addict.:bum:
pics added
Here are some pics of the T-5 conversion, This includes 2 10k's and 2 640's 54 watt. I'd appreciate any comments on spectrum and strength of lighting for this size tank. I'm guessing MH's would be the only answer to get the "shimmer"....
What would the slimmest MH fixture that could piggy back the orbit fixture? Hello My name is Brad and I'm an aquarium addict.:bum:
