Switching from mh to t5 u think be beneficial for sps?

[BrentH]

I've assumed the t5 to be less aggressive then the mh... But from what your all saying not true ? And thanks for bulb info I was gonna copy mo bulb setup

 

[billyzbear]

With 28 double 410uv led and usual 2 actinic plus t5 over my 150g a normally light orange chalice shifted to a light purple. Many zoa changed color and sps were shifting to a shade of green. This was over 6 months of use. No bleaching.
You should acclimate your coral to new light source.
Mo's blulb combo is good, sure. The beauty about t5 is if it's not blue enough take a coral plus out and put in a blue plus. It helps to not have like bulbs next to each other.

 

[BrentH]

This may sound like a stupid question but do all bulbs except atnic produce pretty much same par?

 

[jackson6745]

Brenth, PAR is different from bulb to bulb.

Anyone know where to get a 10 bulb dimmable ATI fixture?

 

[BrentH]

I found a used 36" 10 bulb power module local to me non dimable? Craigslist

 

[jackson6745]

I found a used 36" 10 bulb power module local to me non dimable? Craigslist

I sent ATI an email asking where to purchase the 10 bulb sunpower new. I found out that they never did make a 10 bulb dimmable fixture.

 

[Moser]

I sent ATI an email asking where to purchase the 10 bulb sunpower new. I found out that they never did make a 10 bulb dimmable fixture.

My LFS, apparently has a dimmable 24" 10 tube ATI power module on their DT.
They don't have the onboard computer, but I don't know if he was just sent the non-dimmable one and he hasn't realised they never run it as a dimmable unit! :strooper:

The sun power only goes up to 8 tube- dimmable or non dimmable. They never made 10 bulb fixtures"¦. but you could do a 4and6 tube sun power, or 2x6bulb units!! and it might still even work out cheaper than a 10 tube power module!. :frog:

Mo

 

[jackson6745]

FYI Samuel King got back to me from ATI and said that the 10 bulb power module has been discontinued a few years ago . Whatever is available in 10 bulbs is either old stock or used.

 

[billyzbear]

Older post, couldn't find a newer list,
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1279308

This one has some good info on t5 by several big names,
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1013083
Sanjay never posts his findings but has on,
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010/2/aafeature2
Sanjay has other articles on lighting...

 

[stancfii]

Have you given thought, or do you have the ability, to transition lighting? I'd drop the 400ws and replace each one with ~300w of t5 (maybe a 8x39w). Relatively, I'm getting better growth, spread, temps, and coverage out of 4x39w than 250w MH on my 40br. The Radium/T5 combo would be great.

 

[BrentH]

I ordered my first fixture I can afford 1 a week so be a few weeks till I have them all up I purchased the sunpowers 8x54 at 48" bulb combo I did 3 blue+ 3 coral+ 1 actnic1 purple plus I'll run the actnic and purple+ as the 2 that are individual I'm anxious to get the fixture to see how it fits and it will help me figure how many I will need and the positioning my tank has a big foot print

 

[BrentH]

I'm a little worried to run the radiums and the ati fixture under same canopy won't the radiums produce to much heat I think it will hurt the ati fixture?

 

[billyzbear]

I haven't seen your tank yet so don't know what color you like.
Order some extra bulbs, what you have is bright.
Aren't you planning on all t5?

 

[BrentH]

Yes all t5 I like a lot of blue what would u change I posted pics of
My tank on his thread but with phone camera

 

[BrentH]

I think I'll order another actnic on that thread about t5 par it does show that actnis produce some par but less then half

 

[billyzbear]

Nice tank, I missed it but went back.
You'll need to play with the bulbs some to get what you want. I like the giessemann actinic plus. Ati blue plus is like meat and potatoes. Since you have one fixture coming you'll have sometime to get what you want. To start, 1 coral plus, 1 purple plus, 1-2 true actinic, 1-2 actinic plus and the rest blue plus. Seperate the coral plus and purple plus by atleast one blue plus. You may want some yellow, the GE or another white bulb.
I probably missed it, what bulbs do you have now?

 

[billyzbear]

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2448839&page=4
for inspiration
4 blue plus, 1 coral plus and 1 purple plus

 

[sahin]

Richard if you are going for T5, get 2 x 6 tube Sunpower units. Either dimming or non dimming. If you want only 10 tubes then get 4 and a 6 tube units. An 8 tube unit with 2xReef brights on either side is more or less like a 10 tube unit.

FWIW, I wouldnt be worried about replacing so many tubes every 8 months...I replace my ATI tubes well into a full year. Scotty runs his T5 tubes like every 16 months or something...and his tank is a TOTM tank.

Thats IF you really wanted to switch from halides...

 

[gm3184]

Great thread I personally have T5/Halide combo on a 4ft deep tank and have great growth and coloration top to bottom!

 

[ReefBum]

I have thought a lot about the ATI Hybrid but it looks like I am going to stick with a MH/T5 combo for my new tank since I have had a lot of success with it in the past.