Help me decide. Stay with LED or go T5

[Latinreefer]

T5/LED Combo best of both worlds

 

[Pete polyp]

How do you go about that?do you retrofit your own or what?

Buy the biggest fixture you can put over your tank. I buy a 6 bulb fixture and put it over a 12 " deep tank, 8 bulb for 16" deep and so on.

 

[dewboy1127]

Buy the biggest fixture you can put over your tank. I buy a 6 bulb fixture and put it over a 12 " deep tank, 8 bulb for 16" deep and so on.

I see...my problem/dilema is my bowfront just one more reason not to like it...i can only go so much until im lighting up floor in front of tank where it curves:mad:

 

[Pete polyp]

I see...my problem/dilema is my bowfront just one more reason not to like it...i can only go so much until im lighting up floor in front of tank where it curves:mad:

That's a good spot for low light corals like chalice, scoly, Lobo, zoa etc

 

[dewboy1127]

That's a good spot for low light corals like chalice, scoly, Lobo, zoa etc

True which where they are now but currently have two gen2 over tank and want to supplement t5 so trying figure best way doing that for bowfront ...thinking maybe a 4ft bulb in back and a3ft bulb in front with radions where are now in middle

 

[PedroYoung]

I love my AI Leds supplemented with 2 t5 bulbs, change my bulbs at the year mark regardless of quality just to avoid any mishap.

I've been running my AI's for almost 5 years and still as bright even by running them 13 hours a day.

I have great growth and I have colors popping everywhere, nothing better then getting home from work and finding the blue leds on making colors pop.

@jmanyoma you have pics of your setup?

 

[reef4beer]

@jmanyoma you have pics of your setup?

Will post some current pictures in build thread later after work.

Not a current one but here it is during the evening with LEDS only

Not a full tank shot but an example at peak hours of LEDs with t5's on