Aquatic life t5 light

scabbedwings616 · Sep 13, 2020

Right now I currently have a aquatic life t5 with 6 bulbs on my tank. I want To add supplemental led lights on the tank for that extra pop of color. I don’t know how to add it as the lights are resting on my frame with the legs 6 inches above the water. How can I add it to the tank. It’s a 90g tank and 4 feet wide.

fishguy242 · Sep 13, 2020

hi,48"1"wide aquatic life or reef brite stunner strips

scabbedwings616 · Sep 13, 2020

How can I add it onto the fixture though?

fishguy242 · Sep 13, 2020

can you zip tie/screw to edges of existing light?

scabbedwings616 · Sep 13, 2020

fishguy242 said:
can you zip tie/screw to edges of existing light?

Well it’s a older aquatic life t5 6bulb. So my only concern is maintenance of the fixture.

fishguy242 · Sep 13, 2020

they are great lights,norm only thing goes bad is control board ,and is cheap and easy fix ,goggle check it out

scabbedwings616 · Sep 13, 2020

fishguy242 said:
they are great lights,norm only thing goes bad is control board ,and is cheap and easy fix ,goggle check it out

I agree. The ballast too. But other than that I would like more par as my rock work is about 6-7 inches below the waterline. More par can’t hurt either as my acros have lost some color without the par

fishguy242 · Sep 13, 2020

how often are you changing t5's,keeping shield clean correct?

scabbedwings616 · Sep 13, 2020

Once a week with the shield. The lights 1 year. The issue is the lights fed thru the wall and on the same system as my frag tank! Its really right against the wall too I know it may not seem like a pain but it is. Just trying to see if a simple solution to this

fishguy242 · Sep 13, 2020

not fully understanding? can you post pic of tank and frag system?

scabbedwings616 · Sep 16, 2020

fishguy242 said:
they are great lights,norm only thing goes bad is control board ,and is cheap and easy fix ,goggle check it out

I do love them but think I need that little extra pop from the corals. I don’t have a par meter, but hear 380-450 for some corals. I have my corals about half the way up on my rock work and tons of flow on the tank. Some like it some don’t.

scabbedwings616 · Sep 16, 2020

Here the frag tank and my bedroom tank. They are both on the same sump.

fishguy242 · Sep 17, 2020

have you considered a couple of 165 watt viperspectras ,i have used,lots of threads here on them ,very strong good lights,not too much$$,most are running whites 10-20% blues 30-50% ,then if you upgrade to a 6' er you would just need another one

think they run about 130.oo$$

scabbedwings616 · Sep 17, 2020

fishguy242 said:
have you considered a couple of 165 watt viperspectras ,i have used,lots of threads here on them ,very strong good lights,not too much$$,most are running whites 10-20% blues 30-50% ,then if you upgrade to a 6' er you would just need another one think they run about 130.oo$$

If I were to move to led it would be a hybrid. And I would spend the money and do it right with radion g5 on all the tanks(it will happen but right now I cannot) For right now I want to see if I could add something to my current lights.