i have no experience with led's but from what ive seen, and the tanks ive visited the color under T5's are always impressive. as far as growth it seems a little slow for me, i dont know if thats just because i have all little frags. if i got to make a choice and money was no option i would do halides in a heart beat but the electricity bill isnt worth it for me.
thanks Awi! an update is coming, once i get the guy who took the original pictures to come back over. taking pics with my phone would do it no justice.
my friend joe who is a professional photographer (jsanfilippo5) came by today with his camera and took some shots of my reef. they came out awesome, check it out!