I guess at the end of the day choose something that doesn't break the bank!
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Not one of you mentioned heat issues when going with T5 fixture on such a small Volume(gallons) tank.
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If I was doing a tank similar to your dimensions definately a 4 bulb fixture would suffice for spread and there is a guy selling a brand new fixture on a local fish forum. Pm me and I'll get you his info.
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I have one of the ebay Chinese black box fixtures (Popular Grow 165w) over my 40" L x 14" D x 12" H tank and have been happy with it so far, I have it 16.5" above the tank and don't even have it ramped all the way.
I just have the one fixture over it and do have shading at the far edges but still grows Candy Cane, Mushrooms and rockflower Anemone fine in those areas. I have added a smaller par 20 reef bulb over one end that I have some zoas located but my rock height doesn't help. SPS grows great in the center areas. I am debating whether to remove the lenses to get even better spread and blending and/or to replace the red and green diodes for UV ones but happy even if I don't. |
Have used strictly led and strictly t5 on multiple systems , and came to the conclusion that kessils/t5 is the best combo I get growth and color. T5 is always the easiest method that works without question. However I get much nicer colors/patterns in my corals when using kessils/t5 combo than compared to when I was running t5 alone. When I ran kessils alone I got great color everything did great just growth was slowed . So to me the mix of the 2 is perfect combo and I only have to change 2 bulbs a year instead of 8 less power and tons of adjustability . And not to mention pretty affordable should be able to make a nice hybrid fixture with two A360's and two t5 bulbs for the price of the ap700 or a radion . How much does an ATi fixture with bulbs run ? Close to$1000?
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Skimmer do you have a picture of your Kessil/T5 combo?
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Just run the 4 bulb I suggested and 2 reef brite XHO...that is the gold combo for pop and spread!
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