Lighting Help ASAP!!!

reefarchitect54 · 02-12-2007, 11:50 AM

I am about to order this T5 setup. I have a choice of bulbs the unit comes with six should I go with the standard 4 10K, and 2 420nm actinic bulbs??? Or should I specify a different setup.. Please help ASAP as I really want to order the setup soon so I can get the tank rolling...

Here’s the link to the setup if anyone wants to check it out..

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...3639&rd=1&rd=1

Please help me!!! I want a nice setup with the best quality of light I am also going to have them add the moon lights... Thanks

rDr4g0n · 02-12-2007, 12:25 PM

what are you planning on keeping?

reefarchitect54 · 02-12-2007, 12:28 PM

Well I Want To Keep Some Corals Eventually And Fish, I Plan On Having Two True Percula Clows, One Randalls Pistol Shrip, One Hi Fin Red Banded Golby, One Coral Beauty Angel, And One Royal Gramma. I Will Probably Start With Lps Eventually As Ive Been Told They Dont Need As Much Light But As It Is The Fixture Will Give Me 5 Watts Per Gallon

rDr4g0n · 02-12-2007, 12:32 PM

ive only been into this hobby for a while so im not as pro as most here, but id say to go with the 4 daylight and 2 actinic that it comes with. at 5w per gallon youd have quite a setup for adding some nice corals.

cheeks69 · 02-12-2007, 12:41 PM

The bulb combination is fine.

panmanmatt · 02-12-2007, 12:46 PM

Does the fixture have individual reflectors for each bulb or is it a single reflector? T5's get their potency from the reflective light, so indivdual reflectors for each bulb is the way to go. That is why all the big names are set up that way such as the Tek, Aquatinics and even the IC retros use indivdual reflectors.

Woodstock · 02-12-2007, 12:54 PM

Good to know panmanmatt, thanks!

02-12-2007, 11:50 AM	#1 (permalink)
reefarchitect54 Tuxedo Urchin Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dover, NH Posts: 278 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Lighting Help ASAP!!! I am about to order this T5 setup. I have a choice of bulbs the unit comes with six should I go with the standard 4 10K, and 2 420nm actinic bulbs??? Or should I specify a different setup.. Please help ASAP as I really want to order the setup soon so I can get the tank rolling... Here’s the link to the setup if anyone wants to check it out.. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...3639&rd=1&rd=1 Please help me!!! I want a nice setup with the best quality of light I am also going to have them add the moon lights... Thanks

02-12-2007, 12:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
rDr4g0n Elegance coral Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: south texas Posts: 1,165 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lighting Help ASAP!!! what are you planning on keeping? __________________ I know there are quite a few typos in this post. It's not that I'm stupid... it's more like... I'm lazy. - John My 29 Gallon tank of AWESOME My DIY Projects: My $50, 150watt lighting • 10 gallon tall tank • Hood for my 10gal. tall my r0xx0r DIY protein skimmer • 2 cheap strip lights into 1 • Grow cyano!?

02-12-2007, 12:28 PM	#3 (permalink)
reefarchitect54 Tuxedo Urchin Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dover, NH Posts: 278 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lighting Help ASAP!!! Well I Want To Keep Some Corals Eventually And Fish, I Plan On Having Two True Percula Clows, One Randalls Pistol Shrip, One Hi Fin Red Banded Golby, One Coral Beauty Angel, And One Royal Gramma. I Will Probably Start With Lps Eventually As Ive Been Told They Dont Need As Much Light But As It Is The Fixture Will Give Me 5 Watts Per Gallon

02-12-2007, 12:32 PM	#4 (permalink)
rDr4g0n Elegance coral Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: south texas Posts: 1,165 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lighting Help ASAP!!! ive only been into this hobby for a while so im not as pro as most here, but id say to go with the 4 daylight and 2 actinic that it comes with. at 5w per gallon youd have quite a setup for adding some nice corals. __________________ I know there are quite a few typos in this post. It's not that I'm stupid... it's more like... I'm lazy. - John My 29 Gallon tank of AWESOME My DIY Projects: My $50, 150watt lighting • 10 gallon tall tank • Hood for my 10gal. tall my r0xx0r DIY protein skimmer • 2 cheap strip lights into 1 • Grow cyano!?

02-12-2007, 12:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
cheeks69 Wannabe Guru Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Northeast Posts: 6,533 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Lighting Help ASAP!!! The bulb combination is fine. __________________ Robert My Cube “A spirit is manifest in the laws of the Universe—a spirit vastly superior to that of man, and one in the face of which we with our modest powers must feel humble.” Albert Einstein

02-12-2007, 12:46 PM	#6 (permalink)
panmanmatt Acropora Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Waretown, NJ Posts: 1,730 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Lighting Help ASAP!!! Does the fixture have individual reflectors for each bulb or is it a single reflector? T5's get their potency from the reflective light, so indivdual reflectors for each bulb is the way to go. That is why all the big names are set up that way such as the Tek, Aquatinics and even the IC retros use indivdual reflectors.

02-12-2007, 12:54 PM	#7 (permalink)
Woodstock The Wand Geek was here. ;) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 21,673 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Lighting Help ASAP!!! Good to know panmanmatt, thanks! __________________ ~Doni Marie~ *GOT ICH???* ~120 Reef Chronicle ~ *~29 gal QT/Hospital tank~* *~3 gal Pico~* "Energy and persistence conquer all things." Benjamin Franklin __________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ 120 mixed reef, dual Reeflux 10k 250 MH, dual Actinic t5s,AquaController III, ASM g3, 2x Korallia #3, Mag 9.5 return

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