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BearBarry1

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  1. Very true Percilus. I have gone with the Marineland Planted leds and was very happy at first but did not like the light spread at the top of the tank so have added 2 more led lights, one from Stunner and another from U Techology Corporation which was $100 bucks for 14 meters. One is just on for a light for me to see the fish when I feed them before the main lights come on. For me the big switch was because of noise. Hated the fans on the T5. Yes with the LED's my chiller workes less and I use less energy but those are just bonuses. As for switching to LED's for plants just make sure you are over the 6000K range for a start. There are lots of other factors (spread, depth of water penetration, etc) but I see you are in Calgary so if you want send me a pm and you can come by my house and look at my tank and plants and see for yourself. I think it's funny that some people say LED's are 5 years away from growing plants. Yep hate the idea of jumping on the new band wagon. Going to stick with old tried and true. Got my incandescent bulbs any you watch all those people wilth fluorescent lights are going to discover its just a fad. LOL

  2. I went total led. Love it! No more fans! Nice and quiet, can grow anything (so far) that I can get my hands on. Oh and I also hear that they are cheaper to run, just a bonus in my opinion. I switched because of noise and heat, not for some bandwagon. Led lights are here now, yes expensive because they new, but they work great. Just have to do a little homework, no different than a cool white bulb vs a 6700k.

  3. Ok I have been told I am volunteering / voluntold to run the HAP for CAS. What I found with the CAS HAP site was too many mistakes from plant names being changed, the time frame was too slow for getting the site updated and most of all I hated bothering the webmaster every time I found a change. You find a change, send out an email, 10 minutes later you find another, another email. I just hated being a pest. So I decided to make my own website for the HAP. Now it is still a work in progress but I think you can see where I am heading with it. Please let me know what you think and if (lol when) you find mistakes I have made let me know also any suggestions I am all ears. After all it's my first website and I know I have made mistakes.

    http://calgaryaquariumsocietyhap.ihostvm.com/

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