ps2cho Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 I have a Reefbreeders Photon 24 LED and I want to know if I would see improvement in SPS coloration and growth if I added TWO T5 retrofit kits, one each side of the LED? Has anybody else done this? My Photon 24 is 8.5" wide, and the tank is 18" wide, so would I have enough space to add in one each side? Of if I mounted them at an angle to give as much coverage instead of just on the edges? For instance would getting two of these work? http://www.ebay.com/itm/31-760mm-Giesemann-T-5-retro-fit-Reflectors-High-Polished-German-W-lamp-Clips-/281796392457?hash=item419c5fb609:g:SEQAAOSw1x1UOZRx Link to comment
ManGups Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Yes, I believe the tank will look better. I did a t5 retrofit with a radion gen2 and the colors look better on the corals. The colors seems more intense. Link to comment
ps2cho Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 EDIT: So this doesn't look quite as easy as I was expecting. Firstly almost nobody sells a kit anymore for 36". I've found one site that sells Giesemen 36" reflectors. I want to do 2x 39w, so what ballast or other items would I need to buy to get a complete kit? Need some help here as even google searching for the past few hours on DIY T5 retrofits came up pretty short on info other than the completed result. I've never had T5's before, so I don't want to order reflectors and a ballast and get the wrong ballast, or end up needing more stuff... Link to comment
mrbigshot Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 i picked up some 36" reflectors from coralvue for 10 buck each with free shipping. might want to go that way and get some waterproof endcaps and a workhorse ballast from ebay cheap.http://www.coralvue.com/super-lumen-output-t5-reflectors Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 Firstly almost nobody sells a kit anymore for 36". http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/3-ft-let-lighting-miro-4-t5-high-output-retrofit-kit-e6da32eef072f987685b6eddca072d4f.html Unless you'll literally have SPS from the left wall to the right wall, I would just do a single pair of 24" T5HO. Link to comment
GHill762 Posted November 9, 2015 Share Posted November 9, 2015 I added t5's to my photon and have never looked back.. absolutely love it. Link to comment
ps2cho Posted November 10, 2015 Author Share Posted November 10, 2015 Awesome! Well I found that Aquacave actually sells the 36" for $109 so grabbed it and also ordered one Coral Plus and one Blue Plus ATI bulbs. They should arrive by the weekend, so I will be getting the hood started this week Link to comment
ManGups Posted November 10, 2015 Share Posted November 10, 2015 I did a retro-fit for a radion - see here : http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/365697-radiont5-retrofit-design-finally-built/ Link to comment
ps2cho Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 Here is what I did! Also posted in my build thread Link to comment
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