williamrandel
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
:? Can anyone offer a little information on T-5 lighting..... is it better than pc or vho ....where can you get it..... cost/ life.... is it worth it. any help would be very welcomed
I should think so, yes.williamrandel said:so if i used an IC430 of Workhorse 7 for 2 54w t-5's i should be ok
A T5 HO 54 Watt has great color rendering (higher CRI than any Metal Halide)
Timbo,This is only a true statement when dealing with the 4100K MH lamp. When the MH lamps reach 5500K and up to 20000K, The CRI is in the 90's. T-5 cannot compete with that..The cost is also going to be hard to keep down...
They do have little color shift though...Been doing a lot of reading on them... I still think MH is the way to go to reproduce the UV rays of the sun. Flourescent lighting no matter what wattage, had its limitations when it comes to the correct UV rays.
Timbo,This is only a true statement when dealing with the 4100K MH lamp. When the MH lamps reach 5500K and up to 20000K, The CRI is in the 90's. T-5 cannot compete with that..The cost is also going to be hard to keep down...
They do have little color shift though...Been doing a lot of reading on them... I still think MH is the way to go to reproduce the UV rays of the sun. Flourescent lighting no matter what wattage, had its limitations when it comes to the correct UV rays.