Snowsrfr
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I'm looking into making a change in my current light set up. I have a 65 gallon reef which is 36 inches wide. I currently run a Coralife Aqualight Pro, 24", with a single 150W 14K MH, and 2 65W PC's. I initially was looking to upgrade to something with 2 MH's and possibly some sort of supplemtal lighting, such as PC or T5.
My main reason for upgrading was in hope of having better luck, at growing/maintaining SPS corals. In my search for a 2 MH set up, I've been offered a 5 39W T5 light fixture. Due to all the unknowns about what it takes to make SPS happy and my lack of luck up to this point in keeping them, I was wondering what other peoples take is on the performance of T5's as opposed to MH's if I'm not really looking to keep demanding SPS corals. Mainly LPS, softies and the current BTA's I have in my tank. Obviously the price I save in buying a MH set up vs. T5 is significant as will be the power consumption of the differing set up.
If anybody can give me their input, life experiences within aquarium lighting, etc., I'd really appreciate it.
My main reason for upgrading was in hope of having better luck, at growing/maintaining SPS corals. In my search for a 2 MH set up, I've been offered a 5 39W T5 light fixture. Due to all the unknowns about what it takes to make SPS happy and my lack of luck up to this point in keeping them, I was wondering what other peoples take is on the performance of T5's as opposed to MH's if I'm not really looking to keep demanding SPS corals. Mainly LPS, softies and the current BTA's I have in my tank. Obviously the price I save in buying a MH set up vs. T5 is significant as will be the power consumption of the differing set up.
If anybody can give me their input, life experiences within aquarium lighting, etc., I'd really appreciate it.
. BTW, T5s supposely have a high PAR then MH. Hard for me believe. either way you cannot go wrong...........
