FishManTy Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 (edited) Without T5's With T5's Wow, they make a huge difference... the pictures don't show it well... but if you see the growlight on the side in the w/o T5's... that equal brightness is put out by the T5's... so now when that light is on the side... I can't tell its on Awesome! It cost me all of $140 MAX to switch my canopy's old homedepot light, with these T5's (These are VHO) Kyle is doing the same thing on his 120gallon, but its gonna have double the T5's... should be interested to see how much he blinds his fish lol Look at the way the sand is shown. It looks 10 times better with the T5's! Mmmm Edited February 25, 2005 by FishManTy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vallisneria Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Very nice Ty, I like the T5's better. They aren't as yellow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishManTy Posted February 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Thanks You can actually see the 2 female Red shoulder peacocks in the the T5 Picture... and some clowns, iceburg, all 4 yellows. The only things that are hiding are the taiwan reefs Bah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Very nice Ty! I've always found the HD bulbs to be yellow .... ugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chloeclose Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Wow, that's quite a difference! I may just have to look into those for MY 90... where did you get them? What K are they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FishManTy Posted February 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Not sure of the K actually... I don't remember what the sign said. They are the 48" 54watt (VHO) T5's... You can pick these up for $50 bucks at quickgrow in calgary. The Reflector cost $25, and I got my reflector from Organic crop near Picses. Im thinking about adding a 3rd one in there... The nice thing about these bulbs, is they come with connectors, so you can connect multiballasts and only have one plug to go into the wall. (My canopy has an inside of 48.5", and the actual ballast was 47", so I couldn't connect them in a series, and haveta use to plug in's. Bt yeah, they're awesome Super impressed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shawntraviss Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Very nice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tc51 Posted February 25, 2005 Report Share Posted February 25, 2005 Awesome Ty amazing difference, I should look into getting the t5 for my 90. Tom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cichlid88 Posted February 26, 2005 Report Share Posted February 26, 2005 Looks great, I have T-5's in all 5 of my tanks, I even found T-5 Actintics at Pieces for my Marine tank. I got mine from a lighting wholesaler maybe try those guys they are sometime cheaper than HD or other retail stores. Nice tank, Bernie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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