Lighting Upgrade. Can't believe it myself.

[ReefRaff]

But here it is. a 8 X 39 W tek light T5's. Gonna get me some sps.

 

[Guest]

wooooow, nice setup. Is there going to be some before and after pics? 8)

 

[ReefRaff]

Sure! I will have time on the before, because the cable hanging kit is missing the threded cable gliders. So now I have to call sunlight supply. darn.

 

[czcz]

looks cool.

 

[Guest]

RUH ROH RAGGY. That stinks, what they didn't get shipped with the product or where they lost during transport? I always crossed my fingers when ordering stuff just because of stuff like that happening. Good Luck

 

[ReefRaff]

the hanger kit was sealed, so obviously they were not packaged with the kit. I Emailed the company. chanses are they send them out pretty quick.

 

[ReefRaff]

well the parts are ordered. i got some chain to hang temporarily. here is a pic without the flash.

 

[Guest]

Looks good. How much brighter are they than what you had on there previously?

 

[ReefRaff]

lots. I took a befor pic, but i didn't adjust the white balance, so couldn't really tell. ten times brighter. Put it to you this way. on the first pic the camera picked a shutter speed on a 30th of a sec. 200th on the after pic

 

[Guest]

Thats definitely going to change my mind on the next light purchase. WoW

 

[Toirtis]

That is one serious lighting unit...very nice...I can just imagine the differences you will be seeing after even two weeks with that baby.

 

[ReefRaff]

well they are nice, but I have now run intoi another problem. 1/2 thru the day I changed my lights, when I had the strip lights on the tank was at 83 deg. After, it shot up to 85.5 deg. so I turned the whites off, and it continued to climb to 86 deg. Now I have to save for a chiller. 8O

 

[Guest]

I thought that t-5's were supposed to run cooler than other flourescents, oops maybe not cooler than NO. How far above the tank do you have the fixture suspended?

 

[ReefRaff]

well it's about 4" above the tank. but this morning I put a fan on the shelf next to it to kinda blow between the tank top and the bulbs, and it stays much cooler now. only 82 now. here are some pics.