Hey all here's an update for anyone looking to purchase lights. - Frag Outpost Forums - Coral Propagation and Reef Aquarium Forums

D12monkey · 10-28-2005, 06:33 PM

Ohh and for wattage.... the ones I bought are 14 wat and they put out more light than my 75W VHOs and 65W PCs.

FragOutpost · 10-28-2005, 07:40 PM

Ok thanks. I am definetly going to ask my LFS about these. I have been looking to add a little bit more actinic light to my tank but hesitant to add another vho because of cost/heat/electricity consumption/etc. So this will work great if I can find one locally. I would like to get the 48" fixture. Thanks for the tip on these lights!

D12monkey · 10-28-2005, 07:43 PM

The actinics will provide quite a bit of extra blue.

FragOutpost · 10-28-2005, 07:45 PM

Great that is just what I need to balance out my 10K halides.
I'll let you know if I'm able to find them locally.

marami · 11-10-2005, 10:48 AM

Hello Guys... first of all I want to introduce myself... My name is Marco and I'm a new reefie guy from Mexico City and I was reading your post about th T5 Nova lights... I just got myself a couple of this... one 10000K and another actinic blue because I only wanted to make a FOWLR tank... but lately I'm begining to think about getting some softy corals, I have tried to search in the Internet what kind of corals I'll be able to mantain with this lighting setup (obviously I'm getting 2 more 10000K and one actinic), 3 10000K and 2 Actinics, and I tought maybe you can help me. The tank size is 39x16x19

Thanks and greetings.
Marco.

D12monkey · 11-11-2005, 12:01 AM

First off welcome.

What do you think of the lights? Aren't they bright... I've seen all leathers, acans, mushrooms, zoos, and a few other softies under this light. They are comprable to VHOs and PCs. SO pretty much any softy that can be kept in either will do fine with these.

marami · 11-11-2005, 07:44 AM

Thanks for your welcome... YES!! they are really bright... I can't compare them vs VHO because I don't own one of those... but I can't stare directly at them... it hurts my eyes!!

I have just finished the cycling of my thank... and now I'm goign to shot for a couple of Clown Fishes... but what do you mean by Soft corals?? LPS and SPS can't be mantained with this light???

Thanks for you answer!!