T5 Vs Leds...have I Been Wrong
Hi all ,
Those that know me know that I have become a SPS freak over the years and that I swear by the old school method, T5 & MH for SPS .
I have always been of the opinion that LEDs don't cut it for SPS and this was from my experience I had running a Zedlight 3600 pro for 12 months and getting very little color except for greens.
I then switched to an ATI sunpower and with months saw a change.
so whats changed..
Back in March (i think) and had to dismantle my tank due to some home renovations and put everything into two tanks feeding off the one sump.
First tank is a 80x80x30cm cube that has the ATI unit about 25cm off the water
Second tank is a 45cm cube with the ZEDlight on it
water parameters are
ALK 7.5
Cal 420
Mag 1400
P04 0.07
Sal 1.026
Nitrate .02
Here are the pic from each tank
First is the Tank with T5's (the globes are due to be changed)
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These are from the tank with the LED's light
Yes that blue thing is an Acro
This Milli is doing the worst.
despite all this my next tank will still be a MH & T5 combo
but I was surprised on how well some of the acro's are doing under LED's
What are your thoughts/experiences? (the age old debate)
Those that know me know that I have become a SPS freak over the years and that I swear by the old school method, T5 & MH for SPS .
I have always been of the opinion that LEDs don't cut it for SPS and this was from my experience I had running a Zedlight 3600 pro for 12 months and getting very little color except for greens.
I then switched to an ATI sunpower and with months saw a change.
so whats changed..
Back in March (i think) and had to dismantle my tank due to some home renovations and put everything into two tanks feeding off the one sump.
First tank is a 80x80x30cm cube that has the ATI unit about 25cm off the water
Second tank is a 45cm cube with the ZEDlight on it
water parameters are
ALK 7.5
Cal 420
Mag 1400
P04 0.07
Sal 1.026
Nitrate .02
Here are the pic from each tank
First is the Tank with T5's (the globes are due to be changed)
.
.
.
.
.
These are from the tank with the LED's light
Yes that blue thing is an Acro
This Milli is doing the worst.
despite all this my next tank will still be a MH & T5 combo
but I was surprised on how well some of the acro's are doing under LED's
What are your thoughts/experiences? (the age old debate)