Giesemann vs ATI--help me out?!

[shred5]

That reminds me the Giesemann Genesis should be out soon and have heard nothing..
Should be a decent better priced hybrid fixture.

 

[Water Dog]

That's really good to know , thank you Water Dog , could you send me the link to that article please?

It's a fairly long thread but very informative...

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2555781&highlight=ati+vs+giesemann

 

[40B Knasty]

I will say the ATI TRUE ACTINIC is probably the best bulb on the market, but so ugly. It leaves a nasty purple line down the live rock. Checkout my 40B Knasty video YouTube. Running the 2xblue plus and then I switch it and comment 2xBlue+, Coral+, True Actinic..
Why not add 2 pic difference.
2xB+

2xB+ C+ TA

 

[shred5]

It's a fairly long thread but very informative...

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2555781&highlight=ati+vs+giesemann

All I got to say is I have owned both and would take the Matrixx any day over ATI.. I had a Matrixx over a 90 and grew sps like crazy and the colors were awsum.. It replaced a ATI fixture that was trouble. I have another ATi fixture over my frag tanks and it is dead 100 percent. Nothing but fan and ballast and power supply issues after a couple of years usage.. I will take a little less par and shorter lamp life to those headaches.

 

[Water Dog]

All I got to say is I have owned both and would take the Matrixx any day over ATI.. I had a Matrixx over a 90 and grew sps like crazy and the colors were awsum.. It replaced a ATI fixture that was trouble. I have another ATi fixture over my frag tanks and it is dead 100 percent. Nothing but fan and ballast and power supply issues after a couple of years usage.. I will take a little less par and shorter lamp life to those headaches.

That's fair, I'm a fan of the rock solid non dimmable ATI T5 fixtures but to each their own. When you factor in price versus performance of both non dimmable fixtures, sure, the Gieseman fixture is prettier, but at the end of the day the performance numbers don't lie.

In the above, I meant to stress non dimmable, as no doubt, the reliability and longevity of the dimmable fixtures leave much to be desired IMO.

 

[shred5]

That's fair, I'm a fan of the rock solid non dimmable ATI T5 fixtures but to each their own. When you factor in price versus performance of both non dimmable fixtures, sure, the Gieseman fixture is prettier, but at the end of the day the performance numbers don't lie.

In the above, I meant to stress non dimmable, as no doubt, the reliability and longevity of the dimmable fixtures leave much to be desired IMO.

Par matters so little now a days. If you buy a quality fixture no matter Metal halide, T-5, led, hybrid they all put out plenty of par unless you have a really deep tank.

All my t-5 fixtures are non-dimmable because T-5 lamps are not meant to be dimmed and it hurts life and spectrum of the lamps.