T5ho supplementing for leds

[nassar0505]

I've been running two dimmable black box leds units over my 110 for about 6 months now and have been pretty pleased with them. My growth with certain corals is great some I can see grow overnight, of course like many others there is a lack of growth and color in some areas.

I came from a halide set up to begin with and never experienced t5 lighting and was thinking why not throw in a couple t5ho's for some extra light and spectrum as well since my leds are only blue and white there compact size and minimal heat seems to be a good choice for supplementing.

Has anybody had experience with this??

I was planning to start with 2 48'' 54w t5's with ati coral plus bulbs on either side of my leds ( one front--one back). ati seems to be the bulb to buy and I liked what I read about the coral+ bulbs and sound like a good color supplement to what I have now.

Ive already purchased the kit and bulbs from hellolights anybody have experience with these kits, I kinda bought first asked questions later hehe.

Respectfully
Kevin

 

[falos]

On my 90 I run 2 ai solblue 2 raidons and 2 2 bulb t-5 strips the led are pointed strait down and t-5 are sitting at a 45 deg angle on the outside of the led
I run 1 uv75.25 and 1 ATI antic on the t-5

 

[nassar0505]

falos;779761 wrote: On my 90 I run 2 ai solblue 2 raidons and 2 2 bulb t-5 strips the led are pointed strait down and t-5 are sitting at a 45 deg angle on the outside of the led
I run 1 uv75.25 and 1 ATI antic on the t-5

Well why dont ya rub it in hahah JK... that sounds like a great light setup. Do you angle your t5s just to get a better projection on your reef?

 

[falos]

The led are 6" off of the tank and you could tell the difrence in light colors middle shimmerd and front and back didn't. I used hinges with a hole drilled in the middle of one side to run a set screw to adjust angle. It allowed me to blend the t5 in to the led so it shimmers and has a cool blue tone
Also I have great color in the bases and lower parts of my sps that are usuly shaded by upward growth

 

[texhorns98]

falos;779782 wrote: The led are 6" off of the tank and you could tell the difrence in light colors middle shimmerd and front and back didn't. I used hinges with a hole drilled in the middle of one side to run a set screw to adjust angle. It allowed me to blend the t5 in to the led so it shimmers and has a cool blue tone
Also I have great color in the bases and lower parts of my sps that are usuly shaded by upward growth

Can you drop a picture in of your setup? I'd love to see how it looks.

 

[nassar0505]

texhorns98;779838 wrote: Can you drop a picture in of your setup? I'd love to see how it looks.

Like wise!


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[falos]

Will try wen I git back in town Saturday as long as I don't have to take it down

 

[no1bubba]

I think I asked the same question several days ago but no one answered me. I will tag on to this. I am planning to add my old t5's in addition to my brand new mm LED's. Bubba

 

[nassar0505]

Kinda the same results here.. its either been discussed or not practiced that much?

Either way ordered mine already and plan to go for it. Makes sense to me, these leds have limited spectrum which Is always an argumentative point, but i believe color spectrum and obviously more light will help with more than color pop.

 

[ripped tide]

I was planning on adding t5s to LEDs... But then I decided if I was going to do something, might as well do it big!

I switched to halide/t5.

 

[nassar0505]

Ripped Tide;780249 wrote: I was planning on adding t5s to LEDs... But then I decided if I was going to do something, might as well do it big!

I switched to halide/t5.

Lol seems to be the trend lately..i do miss my halides output, but really enjoy some of the benefits of the leds (i.e. Heat, adjustabillity,simplicity,size, power consumption) I don't miss bulb changes as well.

Though i guess I'm stepping back in to the bulb changes, minimal compared to halides.

Hopefully the add on will give it a little kick and get some improved growth. Time will tell

If in a year I'm back on a halide setup ill slap myself.

 

[straydog]

I can see the benefit of led plus t5 being that as the t5's start to loose spectrum at the end of there life span the led's stay constant or can be increased to make up for what the t5's are loosing. Where the halide and t5's are eather new and gradually wearing down in spectrum and then replaced so the there is that adjustment time after bulb replacement.

 

[nassar0505]

straydog;780288 wrote: I can see the benefit of led plus t5 being that as the t5's start to loose spectrum at the end of there life span the led's stay constant or can be increased to make up for what the t5's are loosing. Where the halide and t5's are eather new and gradually wearing down in spectrum and then replaced so the there is that adjustment time after bulb replacement.

Hmmmm good point.. Sounds logical.

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[legalreefer]

I am planning on adding t5 to my LEDs on the next build that it just sitting here. Besides, it wont hurt a thing adding more light to supplement!!

 

[dme330i]

Currently doing this in my setup. I also switched out my 50w led chips to the 3w eShine setups. I have 5 eShine fixtures in my tank 2:1 (blue/white) with 6 UV LEDs. In addition, I have 108W of T5 (2 - 4ft tubes) - Fiji Purple.

Will see how it goes, but don't think 2 tubes will really do that much other than filling in some reds.

With the 50W blue and white LEDs, 50% of my SPS were stagnant. Several normally easy LPS (e.g., candy cane) died. Acans, turbinaria, gorgonia, maxima clam, frogspawn, hammer, chalices were doing fine.

Hoping the eShine units will prove to be better all-around.

 

[ichthyoid]

I like adding-

-a 'true actinic/420 nM' bulb (the dark purple one's),
-and a 'Fiji Purple'

It fills out missing spectrum, imo.

 

[nassar0505]

ichthyoid;780575 wrote: I like adding-

-a 'true actinic/420 nM' bulb (the dark purple one's),
-and a 'Fiji Purple'

It fills out missing spectrum, imo.

Do those fiji bulbs have good par on them, or they stictly color orianted?

 

[ichthyoid]

Both spectrum and PAR.

You may Google 'Fiji Purple PAR' for more, however...

...if you are on the borderline for getting enough PAR, you don't have the right LED's, imo.

 

[nassar0505]

Cool thanks for the info,yea i have seen the good review on the fiji's. I was fishing for an opinion..

its not that im worried about having enough total par just want the most out of what im adding.

 

[jbadd99]

I've been debating about adding some T5 lighting to my LEDs as well. I dont have any UV LEDs in my setup and think, based on what I've been reading, my corals might do well from some added UV.