Lighting question. Which would y'all do?

Lilmatty5dimes · Feb 25, 2015

I'm needing some help here and hope to get some feed back. The tank I'm going with is a deep blue 30g rimless. I've got an 18" Odyssey mh/t5 fixture this one (Odyssea Metal Halide Pendant) I'm planning on getting the 150w Phoenix hexarc 14k mh bulb but the t5 only option are a 10000k, 6500k, and actic 460nm due to the 14w and only being w15.25" pin to pin. There's a local guy selling his tek 4 bulb t5 set up for $100. Would it just be better buying that so I'm able to get all ati bulbs and then add some led strips to get the pop.
Option 2 would be I've got a cadlights 12g tank that I could stick one of the two above on and throw the radion gen 1 I've got on the deep blue. If you were me what would you do? Thanks in advance.

Vpham · Feb 25, 2015

I don't like option 2 since I don't own or know about cad light or can't see it on people tank with my eyes.
Option 1, odyssey mh fixture does not give much option to mod or inter -change parts, beside mh ballast is sucks. It doesn't draw enough power to fire up bulb as it design to. (owned one in 2010 and tested) I Called it under power, that means 14k bulb will look very blue.
I go for the tek light, u can custom any way u like. That's a first satisfaction u find in this hobby.

Lilmatty5dimes · Feb 25, 2015

Vpham said:
I don't like option 2 since I don't own or know about cad light or can't see it on people tank with my eyes.
Option 1, odyssey mh fixture does not give much option to mod or inter -change parts, beside mh ballast is sucks. It doesn't draw enough power to fire up bulb as it design to. (owned one in 2010 and tested) I Called it under power, that means 14k bulb will look very blue.
I go for the tek light, u can custom any way u like. That's a first satisfaction u find in this hobby.

Thanks. I was starting to think about that and sell my odyssey fixture once I get a used mh bulb. Here's the build thread for my cadlights tank. I'm thinking of putting the tek fixture on top of it and use the radion on the DB 30g. Only thing would be that the tek fixture is. 24" and the tank would be 20" so a lil over hang.