Help me decide on a T5 fixture!

Dinner time bump.

 

The FNI fixture doesn't have individual reflectors in a true sense, just a giant reflector that is contoured for each bulb. For what it costs with bulbs included, it is not a bad fixture. Can definitely tell where they cut corners to make it so cheap. The inside of the fixture looks like a DIY job IMO.

With that said, I've been running mine with ATI bulbs since December and have had no issues. Everything is growing and doing great, including my SPS.

 

What about the coralife lunar

 

Cool! so you like yours?

Too much $$$

 

Bro ask needsmorecowbell about his new LEDs. They were cheaper then normal LED lights and i bet they are killer

 

I do like it, but I'm now going LED in a few weeks. If you're on a budget and looking to get the most bang for your buck for a T5 fixture, I would recommend it. Just don't forget to factor in the cost of replacing the bulbs.

 

Still 60$ too much

awesome. I think I'll go with that.

 

I would definitely go with the one where you can upgrade the lights to ATI bulbs. The coral plus bulbs are awesome from what I hear. I think member 2in10 has all Coral Plus bulbs now and is loving it.

 

Thank you sticksmith. I'm thinking I'll run
two coral plus, a blue plus(I think that's what it's called) and an aquablue special.

 

One last bump.

I'm still leaning towards FNI. I wont be able to upgrade bulbs for a while though. But that's ok, I'm just keeping lps and softies ATM.