T5

That'd be right

 

Grats on looking like an @$$hat, I'll leave it at that

I'm not dissing on T5's either I have the 6x39 tek lite on a 58 and it works great, just saying that some of the cheaper arrays have issues, and if you got a tool to check the useable light it does diminish very quickly after a few inches of water on T5's without individual reflectors vs ones that do have them such as the tek series and some of the others

 

I would assume like most that there is something WRONG with your "tool". There is plenty of light at the bottom of my 20" high tank. I have zoas growing like crazy on the sand bed. Along with lots of lps, candy canes, frogspawn, open brain. I have to shade my mushrooms because there is too much light getting to the bottom. I am tired of people dissing t5 with individual refletors, like there are not useful. You spent 400$ on your tek lighting and I spent 200 on my nova and I bet my tank is much nicer than yours from top to bottom.

 

Think or say what you may, I won't get into this after the day I've had, there is plenty of statistical proof to what I've said and no there is nothing wrong with the tools we've used, we were simply measuring and comparing diffs between PC's, T5 and MH and how much light you really lose, didn't have access to a set of VHO's at that moment or we'd have tested those too.

As far as the niceness of a tank, beauty is in the eye of the beholder I like my setups since I have 2 their a little more spread out, and the 58 was a FOWLR for 5yrs before it got a single coral

 

not to get in the middle of anything but...um

this is the fixtures i have right now
Compact Fluorescent Aquarium Lighting: Coralife Aqualight Double Compact Fluorescent Strip Lights

24" 130 watt, cant I just change the bulbs for stronger bulb?

 

can't get stronger bulbs, but replacing them will be good. If you are looking to upgrade get t5. The novas are nice. Petmountain.com has them cheaper. The cost of those blbs would be close to half of the cost of a new fixture.

 

You were right at it
Aquarium Lighting: Coralife Aqualight Double Compact Fluorescent Strip Lights Compatible Bulbs

 

this is a noob question but at the 65watt 50/50 bulb is there anything better on that page? going by the watts that is, if i am understand how they rate it ( lighting knowledge i suck at)

 

For your light you will use 65 watt lamps, anything else and you are overdriving them, which is not bad if that is what you are intending to do. You can pick from the various lamps for ones that high a higher PAR output, also the color temperature will make a similar lamp look brighter.

 

This is my hopefully my last question
Compare to the 50/50 bulb I have now. Are these two bulbs a better replacement?


Compact Fluorescent Reef Aquarium Lighting: Current Compact Fluorescent Straight Pin Bulbs
cd-21119 22" SunPaq Dual Daylight 6700ºK/10000ºK 65W
cd-21121 22" SunPaq Dual Actinic 420/460nm 65W


VS
just getting this light
Current USA Nova Extreme T5HO - 10K / 460nm Actinic Light Fixtures