Sps and T5z?!!!!

[lunner]

I have been keeping SPS for over 5 months under T5s now. Check out my post: http://www.manhattanreefs.com/forum/general-discussion/22455-progress-9-06-2-07-a.html

Also my Gallery : http://www.manhattanreefs.com/gallery/browseimages.php?c=3&userid=1009

 

[drperetz]

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Good job.. how old is that tank?
How many bulbs and which 1nz are u using?

 

[lunner]

The tank is about 5-6 months old. Most SPSs been in there for about 4-5 months. Keep in mind the pics were taken from a camera phone...

Teks T5 4x54W w/ icecap reflectors
Geiseman T5s:
Actinic +
Aquablue +
Midday 6000k
Actinic +

 

[drperetz]

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:scratch: My next goal is to place only 1 actinic in the front and threst will be aquablue midday and 10000k(dont know the name). I want to get more growth out of my light I love t5z but feel like something IS missing.

 

[Wes]

i know what's missing....

Aqua-Science bulbs...

i don't like the bulbs you use....especially the Aquablues

 

[Wes]

use a 50/50 combo of this

http://www.faunamarin.de/eng/aquasciencespecial.php

and this

http://www.faunamarin.de/eng/aquascienceblue.php

and call me in the morning

 

[ming]

Sept 10, 2006

March 4, 2007

excuse my photography skills

 

[fritz]

I just don't think you get the corals to color up the way you do with MH. Perhaps it's PO4, maybe lack of UV, whatever it is I've never seen sps look great like they do under MH.

 

[autoponicz]

hey WES........whats the noticable difference with the aquascience bulbs compared to the geisemann or other t5 bulbs u have used?

 

[ssmtcarlo]

Bonsai colony grown with T5's
5 months old

full tank shot

 

[ming]

I just don't think you get the corals to color up the way you do with MH. Perhaps it's PO4, maybe lack of UV, whatever it is I've never seen sps look great like they do under MH.

so how many tanks have you seen in person with T5's? I just want to know what you're basing your experience on.

I can probably say the same exact opposite statement about MH
I've seen more tanks with corals that dont look too healthy in MH, then I have with T5's, simply because I haven't seen that many tanks with T5's myself

It can also be the type of coral, each type of coral can react differently to different lighting, as well as the type of bulbs, and combination of bulbs, the amount of food fed to the tank in general, how much they skim out, etc

Its generally assumed that a 20k bulb will give you mroe color then a 10k, for most MH bulbs anyways
People are still experimenting with the different combination of bulbs with T5's

 

[Wes]

hey WES........whats the noticable difference with the aquascience bulbs compared to the geisemann or other t5 bulbs u have used?

better color and growth

 

[ssmtcarlo]

Any one else use the Aquascience bulbs. Wes where you get them from

 

[loismustdie]

Playing devils advocate here... Wes, you have not shown a single pic which demonstrated color or growth in your tank (yet you frequently boast it), and now you are talking people into these bulbs?
Damn, I can show color and growth and I don't try to push any products. I push techniques.

 

[ssmtcarlo]

not being talked into it just curious i looked them up and didn't find anywhere that sold them i like URI T5 personally not sure what other people think about them but i got good growth from them.

 

[drperetz]

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guys, U speake of growth but dont include ur water parameters.....?

I am sure that the light doesnt make any difference in growth if our water has crazy phosphates and nitrates, wrong salinity, etc.........:bagfish:

also I am getting rid of my actinics and gonna have only aquablue + and middays in my fixture to experiment on growth......

 

[Wes]

Playing devils advocate here... Wes, you have not shown a single pic which demonstrated color or growth in your tank (yet you frequently boast it), and now you are talking people into these bulbs?
Damn, I can show color and growth and I don't try to push any products. I push techniques.

did u see page 4?

i don't really care if people buy them or not, just saying what i like...None of my techniques changed and when i switched bulbs i saw improvement. Just my opinion everyone is entitled.

Check that, my colors got pretty shitty as of late when i started using GFO, but that's a whole other story.