Tailz Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 I made a mistake and bought a zoo-med t5 fixture. I had been reading on nanoreef about t5 and got exctied when I read t-5 thinking all of them where the same. Boy was I surprised when I got home I'm taking my aquarium slow building up money so I can buy decent parts lately sooooooooooooooooooooo What new t5 light should I get for a 29 gallon? I'm not fully sure on what coral I want to keep right now... Also what bulbs? I made the mistake of buying the zoo-med ones too >.< Link to comment
Tailz Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 Bumpy to the top for help. Link to comment
Squared Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 is it ho? how many bulbs? individual reflectors? Link to comment
qbical Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 Someone was selling a nova extreme pro hood on here for a great price. Those are supposed to be pretty nice. Link to comment
Braxis Posted February 27, 2011 Share Posted February 27, 2011 I made a mistake and bought a zoo-med t5 fixture. I had been reading on nanoreef about t5 and got exctied when I read t-5 thinking all of them where the same. Boy was I surprised when I got home I'm taking my aquarium slow building up money so I can buy decent parts lately sooooooooooooooooooooo What new t5 light should I get for a 29 gallon? I'm not fully sure on what coral I want to keep right now... Also what bulbs? I made the mistake of buying the zoo-med ones too >.< That depends on how much you want to spend on the light and what you plan to keep. I like the plug and play options of the t5's there will be others to come by and tell you to go led or MH. I say take all advice with a grain of salt and research each option. I got the Odyssea 72watt t5 fixture just this week and with all the Odyssea is poo that goes on I did not think it was going to be much better then my PC's that I had. My entire living room is blue at night. So do the research look at the tanks in the members aquariums section and see what peoples tanks look like with different lighting. I think the zoo-med is t5-NO. And that is just my 2cents Link to comment
Tailz Posted February 27, 2011 Author Share Posted February 27, 2011 I'd like to go to LEDs someday considering I'm an electrical engineering major and have worked with them in the past (Yes I know aquarium leds are high output not the little simple ones in circuits) But at the current I'm wanting T5 I believe. I'm up for any light in the 100-250$ range but I'd rather spend in the closer to the 180ish range. That will allow me to keep a variety of corals. I'm not fully sure on the needs of all corals (Still studying up ) I don't think I'll be keeping SPS for a very long time (a year probably O_O). I was looking at the nova extremes but I'm a little confused. I know 30 in long is kinda hard to find on lights so I should purchase a 24 inch correct? Link to comment
Braxis Posted February 28, 2011 Share Posted February 28, 2011 I'd like to go to LEDs someday considering I'm an electrical engineering major and have worked with them in the past (Yes I know aquarium leds are high output not the little simple ones in circuits) But at the current I'm wanting T5 I believe. I'm up for any light in the 100-250$ range but I'd rather spend in the closer to the 180ish range. That will allow me to keep a variety of corals. I'm not fully sure on the needs of all corals (Still studying up ) I don't think I'll be keeping SPS for a very long time (a year probably O_O). I was looking at the nova extremes but I'm a little confused. I know 30 in long is kinda hard to find on lights so I should purchase a 24 inch correct? I personally would go with the 4x24 inch. Link to comment
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