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I would do a 6x54 watt system. I would do a 4 lamp Ice Cap system and a 2 lamp tek retro with Ice Cap reflectors. Reefgeek can put you together a system like that.
The T5 Q&a Thread
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Hello,
I may be purchasing a used 72" Aquactinic 14 bulb T5 unit for the 180 gallon tank I am setting up.
I will be keeping mostly LPS, softies and maybe an occasional colorful SPS that can do well with the T5's. I like my tank a little on the bluer side, and really want the colors to pop, but also want to have some growth. Please help with bulb choices and also what order they would go in from front to back...
Thank you,
Jenni
I may be purchasing a used 72" Aquactinic 14 bulb T5 unit for the 180 gallon tank I am setting up.
I will be keeping mostly LPS, softies and maybe an occasional colorful SPS that can do well with the T5's. I like my tank a little on the bluer side, and really want the colors to pop, but also want to have some growth. Please help with bulb choices and also what order they would go in from front to back...
Thank you,
Jenni
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Blue Plus lamps put out good PAR. I would try
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Blue Plus
UVL Super Actinic
GE Daylight
Blue Plus
GE Daylight
Blue Plus
Aquablue
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Thanks Grim...
Now, where is the "least expensive" place to buy all of these bulb? Is the GE daylight different from the GE 3000 or the GE 6500?
Jenni
Now, where is the "least expensive" place to buy all of these bulb? Is the GE daylight different from the GE 3000 or the GE 6500?
Jenni
Thanks Grim...
Now, where is the "least expensive" place to buy all of these bulb? Is the GE daylight different from the GE 3000 or the GE 6500? Aslo, are the blue plus and aquablue by ATI and the UVl the former Uri??
Jenni
Now, where is the "least expensive" place to buy all of these bulb? Is the GE daylight different from the GE 3000 or the GE 6500? Aslo, are the blue plus and aquablue by ATI and the UVl the former Uri??
Jenni
sorry didn't mean to post twice... computer froze lol
TropTrea
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Yes these are different bulbs considerably.
GE 3,000K has a low color temperature and a strong peak in the "Yellow" end of the color spectrum. It is commonly refered to as a Warm White bulb, and for florescent lighting is probably the clossed you will find to incadescent as far as color rendering.
GE Daylight isroughly a 6,500K bulb. However it does not have the same phosphate blend as the SP65 bulbs therefore the coloration will look slightly bluer than a SP65, and much bluer than the 3,000K bulb.
The SP65 or 6,500K bulbs do have a peak very close to the Daylight bulbs however they also have a more complex blend to increase the balance of visual light therefore reducing the appearance of a blue bulb.
Ge used to have a nice comercial catalog on line that actually listed all the different bulbs they produced. Believe me there more than just a hand full with many special applications included. However the nice thing is regardless of what ulb you were interested in they gave you the color temp, cri rating, and lumens value. Unfortunatly they did give the PAr numbers, except for the bulbs specificly designed for green house use.
Dennis
I have been looking at purchasing 8 x 80 T5's for my 150 gal reef that I am building. I am having a difficult time trying to find some reflectors. The longest I have been able to find is for the 54watt bulbs. I can not find anything for the 80 watt bulbs. Anyone have any ideas or a place for the longer reflector. I thought about buying buying 2 of the 32watt reflectors and placing them in line with each other.
Question? Will 2 IceCap 660's be able to run the 8x80 T-5's just fine. I believe it would be able to handle them just fine. Each 660 is able to handle about 440watts.
Question? Will 2 IceCap 660's be able to run the 8x80 T-5's just fine. I believe it would be able to handle them just fine. Each 660 is able to handle about 440watts.
dwdenny
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hjord97 here is your answer on the 660.
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1039902
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=1039902
TRU actintics
TRU actintics
hello T5 experts, i'm running two 250W MH's (14000K phoenix HQI's) over my 120 gallon tank now, and am very pleased with the color. but i miss the pop of the actintics, and want to add some. it seems there are some T5 actintic bulbs that can really bring out the flourescents in the corals, others that don't do that well. what bulbs do i want, and how many do i need? it's a 4' x 2' x 2' tank, with a 6" DSB. mostly SPS, with a frogspawn and a crocea. i'm thinking two bulbs, one in the front and one in the back.
hellolights is running a special right now on the sunlight supply tek retrofits, which seem like what i want. the 2 x 4' kit with tek reflectors, ballast, wires, endcaps and stand-offs, and they're basically throwing in TRU actintics for free. does anyone have any experience with these bulbs? if they aren't going to do the trick, then the special they're running is the same price as reefgeek with a lesser bulb selection if you 'upgrade' off the free bulbs.
any other suggestions?
TRU actintics
hello T5 experts, i'm running two 250W MH's (14000K phoenix HQI's) over my 120 gallon tank now, and am very pleased with the color. but i miss the pop of the actintics, and want to add some. it seems there are some T5 actintic bulbs that can really bring out the flourescents in the corals, others that don't do that well. what bulbs do i want, and how many do i need? it's a 4' x 2' x 2' tank, with a 6" DSB. mostly SPS, with a frogspawn and a crocea. i'm thinking two bulbs, one in the front and one in the back.
hellolights is running a special right now on the sunlight supply tek retrofits, which seem like what i want. the 2 x 4' kit with tek reflectors, ballast, wires, endcaps and stand-offs, and they're basically throwing in TRU actintics for free. does anyone have any experience with these bulbs? if they aren't going to do the trick, then the special they're running is the same price as reefgeek with a lesser bulb selection if you 'upgrade' off the free bulbs.
any other suggestions?
Grim,
I am going to go with the 8 x 54'' T-5s and just kinda stagger them in the canopy.
Was thinking maybe something like this. Now I will be using 2 icecap 660's and I know that you like to run the actinics on 1 ballast and the other bulbs on the other ballast. Which bulbs should i purchase and how should I lay it out. Please fill in the ??'s below. I will be getting the bulbs from reef geek
72' 150 gal tank, mostly LPS SPS and some shrooms and zoos along the bottom.
Front
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Back
I am going to go with the 8 x 54'' T-5s and just kinda stagger them in the canopy.
Was thinking maybe something like this. Now I will be using 2 icecap 660's and I know that you like to run the actinics on 1 ballast and the other bulbs on the other ballast. Which bulbs should i purchase and how should I lay it out. Please fill in the ??'s below. I will be getting the bulbs from reef geek
72' 150 gal tank, mostly LPS SPS and some shrooms and zoos along the bottom.
Front
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:smokin: -------------------------------------- ??
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:eek1: -------------------------------------- ??
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:eek2: -------------------------------------- ??
Back
oh great grim ,
I am going to go with the a retro kit instead of the nova. i am looking at the tek light retro or building my own out of the workhorse 5 wich would be better ballast? it comes out to be the same price! and the lights im getting are the ATI Aquablue special, Blue plus, UVL Super Actinic, GE 65000k starcoat daylight all 24" how should they go in my tank from front to back... thanks
toasty23
I am going to go with the a retro kit instead of the nova. i am looking at the tek light retro or building my own out of the workhorse 5 wich would be better ballast? it comes out to be the same price! and the lights im getting are the ATI Aquablue special, Blue plus, UVL Super Actinic, GE 65000k starcoat daylight all 24" how should they go in my tank from front to back... thanks
toasty23
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=9190500#post9190500 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by kjord97
Grim,
I am going to go with the 8 x 54'' T-5s and just kinda stagger them in the canopy.
Was thinking maybe something like this. Now I will be using 2 icecap 660's and I know that you like to run the actinics on 1 ballast and the other bulbs on the other ballast. Which bulbs should i purchase and how should I lay it out. Please fill in the ??'s below. I will be getting the bulbs from reef geek
72' 150 gal tank, mostly LPS SPS and some shrooms and zoos along the bottom.
Front
---------------------------------- ??
---------------------------------- ??
:smokin: -------------------------------------- ??
---------------------------------- ??
:eek1: -------------------------------------- ??
---------------------------------- ??
:eek2: -------------------------------------- ??
Back
Front
---------------------------------- ?? Blue Plus
-------------------------------------- ?? Blue Plus---------------------------------- ?? GE Daylight
:smokin: -------------------------------------- ?? GE Daylight
---------------------------------- ?? Aquablue
:eek1: -------------------------------------- ?? Aquablue
---------------------------------- ?? Blue Plus
:eek2: -------------------------------------- ?? Blue Plus
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