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davocean · 04/06/2011, 11:38 PM

Agree on LED advances, there's talk of our street lights being switched over, and stage lighting is going there too, so intensity is there.
My BTA's(including avatar) were under LED's(panorama) and grew fine.
My LTA w/ that fixture at the bottom of 24" didn't seem happy and never planted, not positive light was the reason, but my guess.
So my thoughts are light needy that mount up high on rocks or low light needy BTA's are fine, and maybe some over driven or higher watt LEDs for the rest may work.
Soon they will have it dialed, and most if not all of us will be using LEDs.
I plan to have a T5 LED combo soon.

04/06/2011, 11:38 PM	#11
davocean Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Diego, CA Posts: 14,655	Agree on LED advances, there's talk of our street lights being switched over, and stage lighting is going there too, so intensity is there. My BTA's(including avatar) were under LED's(panorama) and grew fine. My LTA w/ that fixture at the bottom of 24" didn't seem happy and never planted, not positive light was the reason, but my guess. So my thoughts are light needy that mount up high on rocks or low light needy BTA's are fine, and maybe some over driven or higher watt LEDs for the rest may work. Soon they will have it dialed, and most if not all of us will be using LEDs. I plan to have a T5 LED combo soon. __________________ There's a fine line between owning your tank and your tank owning you! Current Tank Info: SCA 120g RR Starfire, Tunze silence 1073.02 return, 40g sump w/ fuge, SWC Extreme 160 cone skimmer,Geismann reflexx 4xT5, 2x Panorama Pro LED strips, Vortech MP40QD