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Sunpower...36in. 6 bulb T-5 20 62.50%
Evergrow...32in. controllable full spectrum led 12 37.50%
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Old 11-27-2013, 04:38 AM
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Default Lights for my new 3ft...50g

I,m down to the 36in. 6 bulb Sunpower from Concepts

or the 2080, 32in. almost 300w multiple spectrum leds from Reef Supply Canda
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I had to vote for the sunpower, seeing as how I ordered it from concepts this past weekend.
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I had to vote for the sunpower, seeing as how I ordered it from concepts this past weekend.


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If you go with T-5's, be prepared to replace your bulbs often. If you don't like the look of LED's though, your best to go with T-5's.
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If you go with T-5's, be prepared to replace your bulbs often. If you don't like the look of LED's though, your best to go with T-5's.
You dont agree that with Sunpower or Powermodule, active cooling can give you almost a year with the bulbs?
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I ran the power module for years, bought a par meter the bulbs last for years before noticeable drops in par levels, it is the spectrum that shifts and you can notice a different colour. My vote would be ati absolutely loved my light miss it as can't get no where near the growth and colour with led.
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I think its Evergrow not evergreen.
But my Evergrow lights are the bomb I run mine about 30% or so, and I cant get stuff to stop growing.. (and im not sure if that's a good thing or not....) Awesome colour, quiet, pretty, way less power consumption then my 4bulb t5, especially since their never at 100%. And stuff just wasn't growing under those in comparison, since switching last year, I cant keep up.
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I think its Evergrow not evergreen.
But my Evergrow lights are the bomb I run mine about 30% or so, and I cant get stuff to stop growing.. (and im not sure if that's a good thing or not....) Awesome colour, quiet, pretty, way less power consumption then my 4bulb t5, especially since their never at 100%. And stuff just wasn't growing under those in comparison, since switching last year, I cant keep up.
Yes you're correct. I will get a staff guy to fix that. Thanks.

Im running their smaller unit over my 20g and happy with it. Just white and blue though.

As for wattage, guess it depends on what power they run at. The 2080 at full power is more wattage then a 6 bulb T-5. Which unit are you running?
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I bought one of their other fixtures directly from them (evergrow) last year. Went with the Nova A8 as I didn't want to muck around with multiple fixtures. They didn't have this 32" one last year. Its stunningly blinding at 100%. I custom picked my bulb colours as I wanted more darker blues, as well as a mix of whites and making sure I included red and green.
Not a single problem with it so far, and im always leaving stuff on top of the light and getting it wet. But mines also simple, 2 dimmers vs computer run.
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Thanks for posting that info. Appreciated.
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