Stunner LED

rjcranor · Feb 9, 2014

I am curious. I have a aquatic life t5 fixture. Will it be beneficial to add exotic LED strips to my t5? Or should I just stick to the t5s. Was going to just switch to the lumentec pro. But its out of price range right now.

rjcranor · Feb 9, 2014

Anyone?

rjcranor · Feb 9, 2014

rjcranor · Feb 10, 2014

tencwhiskey · Feb 10, 2014

TriggerThis · Feb 10, 2014

I don't see what would be wrong with adding the strips
Deff couldn't hurt anything. There's nothing wrong with more light.

rjcranor · Feb 10, 2014

Didn't know if it was worth adding or waiting to be able to afford the Reef radiance LEDs.

TriggerThis · Feb 11, 2014

The reef radiance LEDs will not grow anything. They show the corals well but after that there's no growth. Every tank I've seen them on for longer than two months looks terrible.
Have you looked into reef breeders LEDs?

totion · Feb 11, 2014

I have a reef radiance par38 bulb on my frag tank and it grows my zoas nicely. It doesn't have a lot of blue in it so it doesn't show colors like the Diy on my display though.

TriggerThis · Feb 11, 2014

Well the par bulbs are better. I'm talking about the big square ones. They look and work great but for some reason everyone I know that has them has since switched to a different kind. Claiming poor coral growth after a few months.

kurtyboh · Feb 11, 2014

A light that grows zoas well, is not hard to find... that's something pc's can do. Not saying its a bad light but I am saying there are better ways to judge a fixture.

KorL · Feb 11, 2014

Most likely the t5s will drown out the leds

rjcranor · Feb 11, 2014

Well I have already ordered the strip light. So we will see how it goes. As far as Reef radiance LEDs I have only see great reviews on them.

miamiangler · Feb 11, 2014

My Reef Radiance Led`s are doing great and corals are growing . Maybe your friends need to do more water changes and check CA,MAG and ALK .

miamiangler · Feb 11, 2014

TriggerThis said:
The reef radiance LEDs will not grow anything. They show the corals well but after that there's no growth. Every tank I've seen them on for longer than two months looks terrible.
Have you looked into reef breeders LEDs?

Funny ??? mine are growing corals and I have had the lights a lot longer then 2 months .

Bad Company · Feb 13, 2014

I use only stunners in my FOWLR. I have 4 of the whites and two of the royal blues. That's it. They grow plenty of algae to keep my angels and cuc happy ,a nd I have a lot of coralline growth as well.