T-5HO Bulb Comparisions

Discussion in 'T5 Aquarium Lighting' started by Covey, Sep 10, 2005.

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  1. Covey

    Covey Scooter Blennie

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    I fired some of my bulbs in my DIY hood. I mod'd the canopy and have ordered new bulb and plan to give a summary of all the new bulbs. Since I will have now owned about half the T-5 bulb I know of it should be a good comparsion. The contenders are:
    CoralVue 50/50
    CoralVue Antinic
    ATI Sun 6000K
    ATI Blue Plus
    Aquamedic Ocean White
    Aquamedic Ocean Blue
    Current Antinic

    As soon as the new bulbs get here I will be posting some pics.
     
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    90_Berlin_joe Fire Shrimp

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    Boy is this digging up the dead huh!!!!

    Covey, I don't know if you still have this data but sure would help. I bought the TEK 8bulb and would like to make sure i have the best bulb for it. Currently I am running the 4 Giesemann Aquablueplus, 2 Giesemann Actinic Plus and 2 Giesemann Pure Actinics. Just wondering your YHO!
     
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  3. Bruce

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    I say go with just Aquablue and blue+. The 6500k might be a par king...but algae is never worth it! I believe that the Aquablue is 11000k so thats good with the blue+ actinics :) I think they are both Giesemann.
     
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    I never ran the GE's or Giesmann's 420 actinic. The Aquablue seem to be the defacto white bulb in t-5s. The URI bulbs are out now too. So if you ever had VHO or saw a tank that did that you liked the T-5 URI are suppose to be the spitting image of the VHO URI. Some people go ga-ga for URI antinic.

    The aquamedic bulbs are also good too.

    You have a good setup but you still have got room to play if you choose.
     
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  5. 90_Berlin_joe

    90_Berlin_joe Fire Shrimp

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    I have looked and can not find any T5's by URI or Aquamedic. Help please!
     
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  7. 90_Berlin_joe

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    Diver thank you, very good prices, i have never been to that site before.
     
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  10. 90_Berlin_joe

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    Now i feel as dumb as a sack of rocks. I did not know UV is URI. Thanks guys for the info.

    Has anyone here used Giesemann T5-HO bulbs. I would think they are pretty good but could be wrong. Maybe i will us URI's when i need to start replacing the bulbs.
     
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