T-5 or PC

[JxMetal]

Which would be better? And how much better?

A 96W Finnex T-5 Fixture or a 96W Coralife PC fixture?

What would my growth advantages be also?

Thanks

 

[Im Lon 2]

What are you wanting to keep?

I don't know anything about T-5's but I can say I hated my PC never got the color out with the actinics, but that is JMO.

what size tank are you going to put the T-5's on, the 30gal?

 

[JxMetal]

Yes on the 30 gallon. I'd like to get some easy SPS and just better growth from the zoos and LPS I have.

 

[Im Lon 2]

I tried adding SPS to my nano where I had the 72 watts (2 -36) both 50/50 and all my SPS looked Brown.

 

[JxMetal]

That was with PC right? I have a good feeling that SPS won't work under PC's. I'm more interested in keeping LPS though and getting better growth from my zoos and the RBTA growing larger.

 

[MayoBoy]

The Finnex has one big reflector - not individual for each bulb so they're not terribly bright. Someplace around here or SEASL (169) Chad has a MH pendent, bulb, and ballast for 30.00

 

[Im Lon 2]

Its sold

 

[fkdenton]

I would go with the tek hood if I were you. I have it and it is great.

 

[jwalters103]

im lon---what pc bulbs were you using. i used coralife and hamilton when i was running pcs and the coralife were just like you said, but the hamiltons gave great color and growth on everything

in fact, back when i had to replace my tank because it was coming apart at the seams, i moved all of my corals to a smaller tankt hat i had sitting around. i pulled the old pcs out and put them on this tank. i had been keeping my corals under 20k metal halide and 10k vho totalling a little over 700 watts. when i put the 220 watts of hamilton pcs over the corals, there were some that i had that had not done anything for months that grew out of control(keep in mind these pc bulbs had probably been run for 3 years so they were pretty far away from their prime)

just my experience

 

[Im Lon 2]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7164763#post7164763 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by jwalters103
im lon---what pc bulbs were you using. i used coralife and hamilton when i was running pcs and the coralife were just like you said, but the hamiltons gave great color and growth on everything

in fact, back when i had to replace my tank because it was coming apart at the seams, i moved all of my corals to a smaller tankt hat i had sitting around. i pulled the old pcs out and put them on this tank. i had been keeping my corals under 20k metal halide and 10k vho totalling a little over 700 watts. when i put the 220 watts of hamilton pcs over the corals, there were some that i had that had not done anything for months that grew out of control(keep in mind these pc bulbs had probably been run for 3 years so they were pretty far away from their prime)

just my experience

They were coralife.. now I wish I would have know about the other bulbs. I just took apart my canopy an added 3 NO bulbs. It was just for my Mushroom Nano. They didn't like that much light so I had to leave one of the 36watts out to get the mushrooms to even come out, just never liked the color. I had thought about leaving the 1 36 watt and Make it 10k and add 2 actinic NO bulbs.. I was shocked How much the NO bulbs actinic's put out.