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24" Tek 4-bulb > SE 250w MH?


koreandrama

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deciding on lighting for a 10" deep tank. i want to try and go back to T5s or MH. I am thinking about used 24" tek 4 bulb since its more affordable but can it compare to 250w MH?

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depends on the halide reflector but absolutely. it can even beat it many times. 10" is really shallow and a good 4 bulb t5 will be pushing almost to much light.

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how are the reflectors on the older trek fixtures does anybody know? i don't really know about par numbers and what but looking light a small frag with the equivalent of a 250 mh with t5 since the trek fixture makes financially sense. but if the numbers aren't going to be there no choice but to go mh

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I don't think the 4 bulbs would beat a 250w halide,but surely be enough to grow sps even with t5's. I've had a FNI 4 bulb fixture and on a 8" deep tank about 6" off the water surface (14" all together) I was getting 200 par at the bottom of the tank with a bulb combo of 2 B+,1 C+ and a Actinic and I had no problem growing and keeping sps colored up,if that helps at all. I know the reflectors on my light aren't high end compared to ATI and Tek but they're decent.

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