The T5 Q&a Thread

[Toledofishguy]

I plan on shading the shrooms. They grow like absolute weeds anyhow. I was thinking of going with the 6. I dong see myself getting into SPS or other high light corals or clams. I have an 18 month old, my money goes there.

 

[SunnyX]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7346202#post7346202 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Justin74
I think your zoos and LPS will be very happy you chose the PC fixture. With my T5 I have to shade quite a few of my LPS, and or keep em on the bottom as well as my zoos.

-Justin

Hopefully I didnt make a mistake by ordering the Orbit 2x40W PC unit.

I really wanted the Tek T5 setup.

 

[horkn]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7346142#post7346142 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Toledofishguy
Pretty good advice floating around here.

Should I get a 8 X 54watt fixture or a 6 X54watt fixture for my 120? Plan on keeping sofites and lps only. I have a lot of shrooms and polyps.

I plan on order from Seeds Etc. or reefgeek

i agree 6 should do it. the 8 unit might melt some shrooms, and you could run into that even with the 6 bulb unit.

 

[horkn]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7346204#post7346204 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dwdenny
Do you plan on getting into high light corals? If so then maybe go with 8X54. Or start off with 6 then add 2 more later down the road. From what I have read Shrroms don't like T5 lighting might have to keep them in a cave or something to shade them.

my purple/red shrooms do well even at the top of the tank under my t5ho retro.


the only shrooms i cant keep are the green striped ones. those jsut melt away. hairy, red/purple, blue, and watermelons do fine under t5ho

 

[Toledofishguy]

I have red mushrooms, I'll try them lower in the tank. Thanks for the advice everyone. I saved myself over 100 bucks by reading up today. Cheers to Reef central. :beer:

 

[Toledofishguy]

oh one last thing, before I order. Reefgeek gives you 3 GE bulbs with your purchase. In order to conteract the yellow, should I get 2 Pure Actinic 03 and 1 aquablue plus.

I know this is a matter of taste, but I prefer the blue over the yellow.

 

[MCary]

I have a 6 foot tank that I need to light. What do you think, 60" 80 watt bulbs centered, or 36" lights on each side? 60" is as long as they make isn't it?

 

[boalady]

Well, although someone said that there was some bad reviews on the Coralvue T5 retros I went ahead and ordered them. I couldn't beat the deal I got, even on the ones with the single reflector for 4 lamps. I will let you know my opinion of them when I get them.

 

[The Grim Reefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7347393#post7347393 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by MCary
I have a 6 foot tank that I need to light. What do you think, 60" 80 watt bulbs centered, or 36" lights on each side? 60" is as long as they make isn't it?

I used 60" lamps on my 125 and it worked pretty well. If I had staggered them a tad the light would have looked even end to end. Even without being staggered the light looked even except for the upper corners of the tank.

 

[The Grim Reefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7346871#post7346871 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Toledofishguy
oh one last thing, before I order. Reefgeek gives you 3 GE bulbs with your purchase. In order to conteract the yellow, should I get 2 Pure Actinic 03 and 1 aquablue plus.

I know this is a matter of taste, but I prefer the blue over the yellow.

Do 2 actinic plus and 1 pure actinic. The aquablue is pretty much white. You could order 1 as a spare lamp and try running 2 GE's, 2 Actinic Plus, 1 Pure Actinic and 1 Aquablue.

 

[The Grim Reefer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7348178#post7348178 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by boalady
Well, although someone said that there was some bad reviews on the Coralvue T5 retros I went ahead and ordered them. I couldn't beat the deal I got, even on the ones with the single reflector for 4 lamps. I will let you know my opinion of them when I get them.

You didn't get the one with individual reflectors? BLAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!!!

 

[The Grim Reefer]

SHROOMS AND T5's

My Orange shrooms stayed very small under T5's but spread very well. Blue shrooms were fairly big but spread very little. When I switched to halides the orange shroom got bigger, like 3 or 4 times the size they had been. The blues maybe got a tiny bit larger but also started spreading.

 

[horkn]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7346202#post7346202 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Justin74
I think your zoos and LPS will be very happy you chose the PC fixture. With my T5 I have to shade quite a few of my LPS, and or keep em on the bottom as well as my zoos.

-Justin

my zoos like the full brightness of the t5ho, even at the top. the lps would rather be down lower....

 

[horkn]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7348331#post7348331 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by The Grim Reefer
You didn't get the one with individual reflectors? BLAAAAAAAGGGGHHHH!!!!!!

my thought as well

 

[boalady]

No, I did get the one with individual reflectors. The price I got was better then I could get T5s elsewhere, even the cheap ones without the individual reflectors were priced higher.

 

[The Grim Reefer]

OK
!!!!!!HHHHGGGGAAAAAAALB

 

[mecold]

Grim,

Will you be testing the new uvi/uri bulbs?

 

[The Grim Reefer]

I think I am going to wait and see what others think of them first. It isn;t like I run a testing facility, just had a lot of different equipment and a PAR meter. If people think the look is good I'll try some and do the PAR measurment

 

[REMF]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=7351101#post7351101 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by The Grim Reefer
It isn;t like I run a testing facility

Yes you do don't lie :eek1: LOL

 

[horkn]

grim, maybe the movers will "accidentally" break some of your bulbs, and force you to get some of the UVlighting bulbs:lol: