t5 or vho

i going to buy vho 440w 4 bulbs 660 icecap. but should i buy that if i want to grow hard coral and soft or should i buy t5 ho. i have been told there about the same but i thaught i would ask some people that have had them. i have seen aqua stores with vho and they said it would work.


i have 55 gal tank regular about 100lb of live rock verity of corals but wanted to start up rasen some hard.would vho work or should i go with t5 ho.

 

Either would work. I just bought the Nova Extreme 432w HO T-5 48" fixture for my 75g reef. Its well made and has 8 bulbs so you can really taylor the bulb temperature to your liking. I'm keeping lps, sps, clams and softies. In a 55g tank this fixture would be plenty of light to keep anything you wanted.

 

I 2nd what raven said.

 

T-5HO is the future of lighting!

I wanted to upgrade my lights way back when, and...for my tank size MH were too much money. Rather the $600+ for a chiller is what bummed me out.

I am so happy with my T-5HOs. 216w over my 55 and I have sps and softies growing great. From PC ---> T-5HO my hard corals got all their color back. I need to post an update pic of my monti its wild how fast it grows.