Change of Plans.......maybe.....

revhtree · Oct 29, 2007

I may go all T-5's on my 120g instead of (2) 250w MH's. What do you think?

Could I grow sps anywhere in the tank? LOL!

Picking colors seem like it would be tough to get one your happy with.

Any t-5 sps tank pics people?

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kevin · Oct 29, 2007

i grow sps extremely well with vho's so i say go for it.

twon8 · Oct 29, 2007

it would work and you certainly wouldn't have a problem growing sps, but i personally think the combo of mh and t5's is where it's at.

Hypertek99 · Oct 29, 2007

I would go MH and T5's together

surfn · Oct 29, 2007

don't do it.......lol

MH's just make things look better....every tank i've seen with sps and all T5's.....the sps just looks "un-natural" (color wise). everything looks like it came out of an easter basket with all the pastel colors.

fishes2889 · Oct 29, 2007

T5'S baby!!!!!

Pitcom · Oct 29, 2007

T5's all the way. Couldn't be happier with the sps in my tank under t5.
Your going to wrack your brain finding the perfect bulb combination though. Oh the fun. :hammer:

Don Lino · Oct 29, 2007

T5's bro, check out the tank of the month on RC, he runs only T5's :marv

surfn · Oct 29, 2007

Don Lino said:
T5's bro, check out the tank of the month on RC, he runs only T5's :marv

the pictures hurt my eyes....lol

but i don't like how those sps look either......and the problem is that when you look at every sps in the tank, each coral has 1 color......maybe 2. the problem is color contrast within each individual coral that i've noticed comes with T5's.......some people like it, some don't.....its really personal preference.

halides seem to bring out more colors per coral, and gives the skin of the sps a nice metallic sheen rather than looking like a box of crayons.

JMO

143gadgets · Oct 29, 2007

coralnutz said:
What's RC? :hammer:

Edit ----

Actually I went there to check it out and this is what I see... Is there site ever up? :lol:

OMG!!!!! You use Windows!!!! You gotta getta Mac!!!!

143gadgets · Oct 29, 2007

BTW...

You should mix the MH and T5s. Much better in my opinion. I don't have much experience with T5s, but I saw some local friends tanks and the combination of the two is INCREDIBLE!!!

Hopkins · Oct 29, 2007

Must be the point of sale IE you are using. Firefox loaded it up right away. I know, its irrelevant what browser you are using.... Who cares, firefox all the way!

surfn · Oct 29, 2007

Hopkins said:
Must be the point of sale IE you are using. Firefox loaded it up right away. I know, its irrelevant what browser you are using.... Who cares, firefox all the way!

that is EXACTLY what i was also thinking! lol

Jeremy, btw.....how did you make the bottom bar black instead of blue?

Hopkins · Oct 29, 2007

surfn said:
Jeremy, btw.....how did you make the bottom bar black instead of blue?

Probably stylexp

surfn · Oct 29, 2007

coralnutz said:
Can't wait till rev logs in and see that we've hijacked a whole page of this thread.

Just do the halides and t5 rev... you'll love it.

where are those pics of rev when you need them? lol where is ficklefins? :hammer:

Hopkins · Oct 29, 2007

coralnutz said:
Can't wait till rev logs in and see that we've hijacked a whole page of this thread.

Just do the halides and t5 rev... you'll love it.

Wonder if we can go for two pages.

Oh and I vote for T5, with 70w halides just for the shimmer

143gadgets · Oct 29, 2007

Yeah this one's a no brainer. T5+MH = Perfection

I'm gonna close this thread now, since we've decided what would be best for him.

143gadgets · Oct 29, 2007

coralnutz said:
You sound like my dad... (he runs pro-tools recording studio and big mac fan) I used to be a big mac fan till they sold out and ditched on everything that made them great, if I want to run bsd unix, I'll just load that and save a lot of cash.

Not true!!! They are still the best, even though they do just run unix now.