Lighting concerns for aquarium

[Orion]

hello I ahve a fixture featuring 2x 175W DE HQI, 4x 65W Compact Fluorescent, 6x Dual Bluemoon LED by Odyssea I would like to replace it with a T% fixture. What do you guys recommend (brand)?

 

[Orion]

sorry I meant T5

 

[Dyngoe]

T5's can produce your "shimmer" effect too~! -just depends on your bulb configuration and the manufactures you choose~!

Now that is something I am interested in! What manufacturers are producing T5s with "shimmer"?

 

[Gomer]

Any diffuse light (think all fluorescents) can shimmer mildly if the water surface has enough agitation. It will still no where near come close to that of a point source MH. If you want a T5 setup to shimmer more, use less lights (in terms of shimmer, point source(MH) >> line source (single T5) > Psuedo planar source (array of T5)

 

[Pianotips@hotmail.com]

Any suggestions on t5 bulbs? there is antic antic+ miday >< what type of mix do you folks have positive experince with keeping and growing your corals...

 

[Dyngoe]

Hey Piano,

There are many bulbs to choose from to get your desired color. Start with the link below and browse back over the MANY pages:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=13867411#post13867411

Just to give you an idea of how you could mix them here are my two previous setups:
Front -> Back on a 46G Bowfront
ATI Blue Plus
Coralife 50/50
UVL Super Actinic
UVL 10K
ATI Blue Plus
(This made a decent 15K look)

My current tank is harder to describe, but it has:
20K XM 250W MH
ATI Blue Plus x 4
Fuji Purple
UVL 75/25
ATI Aquablue Special
UVL Super Actinic

So, you can see it may take a mix of lights to get your desired results.

 

[Pianotips@hotmail.com]

Thank you dygone and everybody.. This helps.. gives me more to think about.. but less veins bursting in my head trying lol

Orion. I found this link from grimreeper on reef central. Seems to give some basic guidlines for t5. http://tfivetesting.googlepages.com/