T5 info / bulb Links

[JohnK]

Sorry for being lazy, but google yeilds about a million links and it seems to be an endless task to weed out the fluff and find the good ones.

Does anyone have any good informative T5 bulb links? (also reflector comparisions if anyone has gotten around to that)

IIRC someone linked one here a while ago that had a whole bunch of different blubs with PAR numbers and pics.

Any help would be much appreciated.

Thanks in advance
John

 

[afboundguy]

John ask and you shall recieve Go about halfway down because he orig forgot either the UVL bulbs...

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=918935

 

[KSC]

http://sites.google.com/site/tfivetesting/par

GR from RC:
Lamp 24" from sensor in air measurement. Measurements are from center of lamp

ATI (Center 37) (3" 36) (6" 31) peak 38 @1/2" offset
Reefgeek (Center 37) (3" 35) (6" 26) Peak 38 @ 1"
Aquactinics (Center 33) (3" 32) (6" 30) Peak 34 @ 1 1/2"
Ice Cap (Center 32) (3" 28) (6" 28) Peak 34 @ 1"
Tek II (Center 26) (3" 25) (6" 23) Peak 23 center
Fauna Marin (Center 23) (3" 22) (6" 22) Peak 23 Center

9" 0ff center

ATI 20
Reef Geek 22
Aquactinics 24
Ice Cap 24
Tek II 20
Fauna Marin 20

 

[JohnK]

Thanks guys.

Got any thoughts on what bulb combinations you like?

 

[afboundguy]

I have 2 ATI blue plus and 2 Geisemann 11k aquablues and I get great comments when people come to pick up frags how nice and crisp blue/white it is... I'm thinking of swapping out the Geisemann's for UVL or ATI aquablues (12k and 14K) for a little more blue

 

[KSC]

Just buy one of each color, that's what I did...

 

[Joel A]

I'm running 3 aquablues and 3 + right now (all ATI). The bulbs are great, and they put out lots of PAR. I'm thinking though that i'll be ditching one of them soon for a KZ figi purple... that's an awesome bulb. I wouldn't use a figi purple unless you have at least 5 other bulbs to off set it though, it's a very strange color and can be over powering if you don't have enough blues/whites to go with it.