Poll: Which Lighting Setup

[E.intheC]

If you're currently running a successful reef tank, please vote and then post what you use and comment your thoughts below.

 

[fritz]

I meant to say T5. I tried the Kessils 160s, the 360s, the AP700 the Hydras and then just went back to T5.

 

[Advanced Marine Aquatics]

Team T5

 

[Reefinny]

+1 T5 - use some reef brites with it for am and pm blue pop

 

[jackson6745]

Currently running my favorite 400w radium + t5 but I ran very successful SPS reefs with all led (radion g4 pros) and all t5(Ati powermodule). I think radion g4 + t5 combo is the best of both worlds. Nothing beats 400w radium, but no one wants to deal with the heat.

 

[E.intheC]

Team T5

You guys are definitely having success with T5!

 

[E.intheC]

Currently running my favorite 400w radium + t5 but I ran very successful SPS reefs with all led (radion g4 pros) and all t5(Ati powermodule). I think radion g4 + t5 combo is the best of both worlds. Nothing beats 400w radium, but no one wants to deal with the heat.

Your tank looks great by the way. 400watts is a lot of heat and electric cost for sure.

True; T5 and LED gives the wide coverage, punch, and controllability without the heat and electric cost of MH.

 

[vio]

Currently running my favorite 400w radium + t5 but I ran very successful SPS reefs with all led (radion g4 pros) and all t5(Ati powermodule). I think radion g4 + t5 combo is the best of both worlds. Nothing beats 400w radium, but no one wants to deal with the heat.

"Nothing beats 400w radium, "

+ 1000 :teeth:

 

[MIKE NY]

250's are a close second with less heat and electricity.....been running them with T5s for years...

 

[jackson6745]

Your tank looks great by the way. 400watts is a lot of heat and electric cost for sure.

True; T5 and LED gives the wide coverage, punch, and controllability without the heat and electric cost of MH.

Heat sucks yes, but I built my cube around a single halide. 400w on a 115g tank for 6 hours for having the best possible lighting really isn't very costly in the long run. I never need a chiller keeping ambient room temp 70 degrees all year. On a future tank I'm going build it not as wide so led + t5 fixures will cover properly. In a deep 300g tank I would have to spend 6k in radions.... no thanks!

 

[NYreefNoob]

team leds lol after a decade of using t5's ill stick to leds

 

[E.intheC]

I'm a little surprised Rick- what fixture are you going with?

 

[editour2]

LED's and T5's.......2 x Photon 32 V2's and 4 x 80 watt T5's.

 

[editour2]

Pic of LED/T5 hybrid setup.....two Photon 32 V2's in the middle of two sets of 2x80 watt T5's .

 

[pecan2phat]

Three XR15 G4s with diffusers on a mixed reef 36"x24"x18" (can't stand the XR30s due to the fans being on 24/7)

 

[E.intheC]

Those tanks look great.

Do you miss the MH or T5 at all?

 

[pecan2phat]

I do miss the setup that I had 13 years ago which was 250w metal halide SE with VHO supplements.

 

[jackson6745]

I do miss the setup that I had 13 years ago which was 250w metal halide SE with VHO supplements.

That was a great tank.

 

[pecan2phat]

That was a great tank.

Lol Rich, I remember that night you, Kasei, Steve & Pierce came over to photograph the tank.

 

[jackson6745]

Lol Rich, I remember that night you, Kasei, Steve & Pierce came over to photograph the tank.

Hard to replicate this brightness and spectrum with led. I kind of miss the earlier days in the lobby.

Your old tank