Recommended T5 Ballast

[Tanked_Life]

Hey guys, I have a 48" spectrum LED Light running across my 55 gallon reef. What I want to do is run 2 ati coral plus bulbs one on each side of the LED! What is your recommended ballast for this setup?

 

[twilliard]

What is the intended purpose
Growth or color?

 

[Tanked_Life]

Growth as my LED light now does not cover all of the required spectrums. That's why coral plus would work because it has the desired remaining wavelengths

 

[twilliard]

I would push them with the icecap 660

But some may disagree

 

[Tanked_Life]

Hana many would disagree can you provide me with a better reason to go with those?? Rather than with the advance ICN

 

[twilliard]

You get the most output but with a little shorter lifespan.
You said growth thats why I said the 660
Now if it was just for color then the workhorse doesnt drive them as hard.

 

[Tanked_Life]

Oh I see now a lot of people said to stay away from the 660 due to it driving the bulbs too far and causing "catastrophic failure" as the company stated it.

 

[twilliard]

Now that is interesting!!
Ya in an enclosed fixture the bulbs do run hot
With proper cooling I never had a failure just had to replace lamps every 6 to 8 months