E5 blue pop
 

I was asked to give my thought about the E5 blue pop bulbs.

I purchased three of these from JLaquatics. 60" for my 8 bulbs ATI fixture.

My experience
- With three installed, my fixture runs much cooler
- At 60", it sags in the center. But wouldn't fall off the sockets.
- It is not as fragile as the T5. If I dropped on the floor, it won't break.
- Does not give shimmer unlike my old Radions.
- Evenly distributed, much like T5.
- SPS loved it.
- My leathers that were right underneath one of the E5s bleached within two weeks. Polyps remain retracted for months even after that particular E5 is removed. More PAR than blue+ ???
- I wouldn't use it as a stand alone. Great as supplement or dusk/dawn with Actinic or blue +. The E5 Blue Pop is much more blue than the Blue+.
- My yellow, and green corals glow under the Blue Pop.

I now only run one E5 Blue Pop bulb with seven other T5s.



Third from LEFT
http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/...psnuuhqwyz.jpg

Sag
http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/...pss7jkhqvi.jpg

E5 & Actinic +
http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/...pspa5oqfej.jpg

Super Blue, Act +, E5 blue pop, Purple +, SB, Act +, Aquablue Special, SB.
http://i1376.photobucket.com/albums/...ps6jso9nwn.jpg

Was exactly how I felt about them except the 36" ones don't sag...

Started with 4, now running 2. Wish I'd bought one at a time...

Curious, is there a reason why you placed it 3rd in, vs 1st or in any other position?

3rd one is so I can use as dusk/dawn. If I placed it at 6th (still dusk/dawn), it will be right on top of my leather..

I have 3 of them on my 10 bulbs ati fixture, really like them , the blue is really intense.
There is no shimmer , just a nice blue , I use 1 in the middle and 2 on the third socket of each end( the ones in the 3rd socket are for dusk/dawn)...
Totally agree with first post, my fixture is only 36" so no sag....
I can see this lights working good with soft corals, my tank is all sps and have to say I use them because probably the 10 bulbs are a bit overkill. If I had an 8 bulb fixture for my sps tank will use none or maybe just 1....



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I've been kind of wondering about these so thanks for the review. In particular these "blue pop" since they're claimed to be at 450nm which makes me think they're similar to the old 454 t5's we used to be able to get (I would run 454 plus actinics for my dusk and dawn).

I'm not sure I understand though why you decided to go with fewer in the end? Are they just too bright otherwise? In the first picture where it says "third from left" is it actually on? (Because it looks darker than the t5's)

Thanks!

Yes. All the lights were on in the image. I only run one in the end because it is too blue for my liking. It would probably balance well if you run less blue bulbs.

if you have a 60" light, you can PM me if you want to try out one of my extra bulb.

'Euroquatics E5X LED Lamps Will Be 25% Brighter'
https://reefbuilders.com/2016/11/21/...e-25-brighter/
I was recently looking at converting from T5 this boxing day but look whats been released today....

Whats the general consensus on this stuff? 3 yr. warranty, longer life, now molded properly behind a lens... Stuff is starting to look darn pretty good.

Anyways, thoughts on color combo going at 2 ATI powermodules (8 bulbs per lamp)? Im thinking:
8 blue pop
4 blue daylight
4 daylight

I've just gone from being mildly disappointed with these to being totally disappointed.

What a joke.

Already an upgrade 6 months after?

Come on...

So what do you dislike about the E5's? And what do you think of the upgraded tube?