Spoon Fed EM1 Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 i currently have my radion on my 40B tank but i have my corallife ho t5 lamp with dual actinic bulbs just laying around. would it be overkill to just slap it on? thanks guys! Link to comment
Horerczy Posted March 11, 2015 Share Posted March 11, 2015 Doubt it well be overkill. If anything it will help with coverage. Link to comment
Spoon Fed EM1 Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 Doubt it well be overkill. If anything it will help with coverage. yeah, that's what i wanted to go for was more coverage. thanks! Link to comment
CatfishSoupFTW Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 if i had the moola, T5HO, LED hybrid is my most preferred combo. tooo nice. Link to comment
Spoon Fed EM1 Posted March 12, 2015 Author Share Posted March 12, 2015 I was a very long road... started from the bottom now we here! Lol Link to comment
jcreefer Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I'm in the exact boat as you, thinking about adding supplemental T5's to my Radion G3. I'm thinking about getting the 3 ft kit from BRS (http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/3-ft-let-lighting-miro-4-t5-high-output-retrofit-kit-e6da32eef072f987685b6eddca072d4f.html). What bulb do you guys think would help to bring more "warmth" to the LED, considering the Radion still comes with CW's? The T5's would come on during peak hrs: ATI Aquablue Special or ATI Coral Plus, or one of each? This is over a IM Fusion 30L with a canopy. -Jeff Link to comment
Paleoreef103 Posted March 13, 2015 Share Posted March 13, 2015 I'm in the exact boat as you, thinking about adding supplemental T5's to my Radion G3. I'm thinking about getting the 3 ft kit from BRS (http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/3-ft-let-lighting-miro-4-t5-high-output-retrofit-kit-e6da32eef072f987685b6eddca072d4f.html). What bulb do you guys think would help to bring more "warmth" to the LED, considering the Radion still comes with CW's? The T5's would come on during peak hrs: ATI Aquablue Special or ATI Coral Plus, or one of each? This is over a IM Fusion 30L with a canopy. -Jeff If you're debating between Aqualblue Special and Coral Plus, always go with Coral Plus. Aquablue Specials are almost legacy bulbs at this point. Link to comment
jcreefer Posted March 23, 2015 Share Posted March 23, 2015 How much shimmer will be reduced by adding the T5's? I love the shimmer LED's add, and I'm a bit concerned that will go away completely. Jeff Link to comment
Caravanshaka Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Unfortunately with t5's, there is no shimmer. You could try the power module to add LEDs to the mix to get some shimmer, or better yet, a nanobox hybrid. Link to comment
jcreefer Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 Unfortunately with t5's, there is no shimmer. You could try the power module to add LEDs to the mix to get some shimmer, or better yet, a nanobox hybrid. I know with only T5's, is a distributedlight source, there won't be any shimmer. My question was: in addition to a Radion, how much shimmer would be reduced with the ADDITION of 2 T5 strips? Link to comment
CatfishSoupFTW Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 I havent seen much of a shimmer with radions or anything else really. maybe some disco balling, but with actual shimmer, I have only noticed kessils due to the dense matrix. Even with a lot of surface disturbance, with regular LEDs im not too sure what you will experience. :S are you getting any shimmer nao ? Link to comment
jcreefer Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 I get the "shimmering" on the sandbox with my AI VEGA, and no discoball....not unless you turn up the green and red. I know the shimmering you're referring to in the Kessel, and it's not the same. No disrespect to the Kessel, which is a great light. But the shimmer is just "too much", even with the slightest surface disturbance. Staare at it long enough gives me a headache. The shimmer of light I'm talking about is just the rippling" of the waves reflected on the sandbed and I think Any of the multi-puck lights gives you that. I'm just worried the T5 would overpower the LED to the degree that it removes the shimmer I've come to expect from LED source. Jeff Not a very good example, but I think this video answers my question. (ATI/LED/T5) Link to comment
Caravanshaka Posted March 24, 2015 Share Posted March 24, 2015 I know with only T5's, is a distributedlight source, there won't be any shimmer. My question was: in addition to a Radion, how much shimmer would be reduced with the ADDITION of 2 T5 strips? My bad, apparently i thought i was on the post asking which to decide between t5 and a radion, and answered accordingly. 2 t5's and you should still see shimmer without much problem, but 4 t5's and you will likely overpower a lot of the shimmer. Link to comment
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