Very niceI did. I liked the clean mounting brackets that came with the Deluxe. This was my first saltwater tank and to be honest I was a little overwhelmed with everything. Not having to decide which lights to get was one less thing to worry about for me.
Beautiful tank, great work!I did. I liked the clean mounting brackets that came with the Deluxe. This was my first saltwater tank and to be honest I was a little overwhelmed with everything. Not having to decide which lights to get was one less thing to worry about for me.
Wow that looks awesome! How are things growing under the lights for You?I did. I liked the clean mounting brackets that came with the Deluxe. This was my first saltwater tank and to be honest I was a little overwhelmed with everything. Not having to decide which lights to get was one less thing to worry about for me.
One of the thing I love the most is it very quit. I can hear my skimmer but for the most part that's it. The ATO is way to small but a good design. and the sump is a little small but I can live with that.
Forgot to add I have a Reefbrite XHO on the front of the T5 fixture. I have LED's on my other tanks, wanted to try T5 on this one.
I like the t5 better but in the long run it cost more because of bulb replacement.
Not really
I see this argument all the time and the numbers just don't work like that unless using cheaper LED's. So let's see, if I wanted to go Radion on my tank, being SPS and clams I would need at least 2 XR30 Pro, but I would rather have 3. 2 would be $1600, my T5 fixture was $672, 8 bulbs $124. That is $796 or almost the cost of 1 Radion. Now I need to change my bulbs 6 times, or 6 years to get to almost breaking even on getting 2 Radions. If I went with the 3 I really think is optimal, I then need to change my lights 13 times or 13 years to break even. That is with 8 bulbs, many people would only run 6 so the numbers take even longer to the break even point.
I got two hydra 26 HD for 350 each. How many t5 bulbs do you use?
It's more of a want then a need. Lol
Thought it was in my other post, I use 8 bulbs, I know people who use 6 for same size tank so my numbers were based on my usage. Two Hydra 26 HD wouldn't cut it for me, recommended spread on those is 18x18 with a large drop off on 24x24. I know Red Sea has a deal with AI and pushed those and only 2 on the 350/XL425 deluxe models. Since my other LED's are all Radions, I would have probably gone with Radions. With the AI I would have gone with the 52's and same as with Radions, 2 minimum, 3 optimal. So being slightly cheaper it would have taken a little less time, but still years for me to break even. For some people the numbers work out for LED over T5, for me they do not. I don't worry about the extra couple bucks in the electric bill either. With 5 tanks running, not counting 2 QT also running at times, I wouldn't really notice.
Very interesting debate. I loved the t5 and metal halides combo I use to have back in the day just hated buying and replacing all the bulbs. In my opinion I got better growth out of my t5 and halides then the leds.
On the 350 I bought a 10g Trigger ATO and Tunze 3155. It lasts ~8-9 days.
