T5 for 15 gal

[ralphvg]

After 1 1/2 years of service, I took of the Eclipse canopy off and added a Tetratec 300 for filtration with the added heater and a T5 24in. strip light. The lights power is 1 14 w 10,000 daylight and 1 14w true actinic 03 blue.

Is this enough light to grow polyps, zoos, mushrooms..anything else? The more I read the the more confused I get with folks having this setup to folks having 3x this lighting.

I bought a zoo which opened an hour after I put it in and a nice star polyp that hasn't opened yet--going on 5 days now!

Water chem is fine.

Thanks for your help...

 

[horkn]

that will probably be fine for those corals, and maybe even more demanding ones.

is there any sort of reflector on the bulbs?

 

[Icefire]

Those are T5NO, NOT HO..

 

[horkn]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9950771#post9950771 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Icefire
Those are T5NO, NOT HO..

He never said they were HO.

And I knew they were NO.

those lights even with no reflectors are probably as good if not better than a pair of CF that easily will support those corals.

 

[ralphvg]

there is a reflector above the bulbs inside the tight housing of the fixture. The light is obviously much brighter than the 50/50 flourescent in the old hood! I just started second guessing myself when I was reading what others were using...thanks for the input. I'll stick with this and see how they do...I hope that polyp comes out soon?!?