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Author:  VaderGT [ Mon Jan 30, 2012 12:54 am ]
Post subject:  What kinda light does everyone run?

What kind of light are you running..
I have always been a T5HO person really liked the colors you could get from them and low heat and low power usage.
This tank I started out with 4x24T5 but then I built myself a 32 3w dimmable LED DIY fixture with a 16x7 heatsink. It was nice and super bright..but I did a 50/50 of Royale blue and Cool White 10k..that was my problem..I shoulda used NW areound 6500k and threw in like 2 660nm deep reds. The tank just looked washed out and flat in colors.
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also the shimmer with that many LEDS makes it look like really fast nervous looking shimmer..not slow and relaxing looking..almost dizzying.
So I decided to sell it and picked up my current Kessil 15k ocean blue. Just this one light makes colors pop more and the tank doesnt look as flat.

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