anyone else went from full on LED back to MH?

[lowbudget]

i know a few are running both.

 

[JOSE CASAS]

nope ...........never will bra

 

[Leo G]

I'm going from metal highlights to LEDS now I'm sick of buying bulbs

 

[lowbudget]

nope ...........never will bra

you have a tank?

 

[turbonut]

Nope. Mh till I die


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[lowbudget]

Nope. Mh till I die


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old school. you ever find the reflector?

 

[turbonut]

old school. you ever find the reflector?

No Iits been hard to catch up with jay. Luckily the reflector is available still on the hydroponics side of things


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[lowbudget]

No Iits been hard to catch up with jay. Luckily the reflector is available still on the hydroponics side of things


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nice...

 

[gus6464]

I went to MH. My sump is in the garage and it's been cold lately why use a heater at night to keep my tank warm when I can have 400 delicious watts of MH keeping it nice and toasty. Will switch back to T5/LED in the summer.

 

[lowbudget]

I went to MH. My sump is in the garage and it's been cold lately why use a heater at night to keep my tank warm when I can have 400 delicious watts of MH keeping it nice and toasty. Will switch back to T5/LED in the summer.

will you acclimate the coral back to T5/LED or will you be gung ho here you go

 

[gus6464]

will you acclimate the coral back to T5/LED or will you be gung ho here you go

I'll kinda eyeball it but basically here you go bro grow. I'm still measuring my power usage to see if the halides actually use less power at night in combination with the heater.

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[lowbudget]

I'll kinda eyeball it but basically here you go bro grow. I'm still measuring my power usage to see if the halides actually use less power at night in combination with the heater.

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was thinking the same my tank will be in the garage. and it pretty cold in there. mh at night will keep the room warm. then i will supplement led turn evening time

 

[gus6464]

was thinking the same my tank will be in the garage. and it pretty cold in there. mh at night will keep the room warm. then i will supplement led turn evening time

Yeah I also wrapped my sump with styrofoam insulation but it's not enough. Now I'm going to wrap it in fiberglass insulation r14 or so rated. Hopefully that will keep it from boiling in the summer as well when the garage is a furnace.


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[rayray]

Forget going back to metal heatlide, just add more LEDs

 

[pirate2876]

I run all three. It might be overkill.

 

[s2k]

What are u planning to run when U set up your tank in 2018

 

[gus6464]

Phillips Coralcare in 2018.

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[Jason Murray]

Yep! I've used LEDs, T5, T12 and MH. Halides are the best for coral growth. Hands down.

I had AI for a year and half and was never happy with the coral growth until I switched back to metal halides.

And I no longer have the shadowing problem I did before.

 

[lowbudget]

Yep! I've used LEDs, T5, T12 and MH. Halides are the best for coral growth. Hands down.

I had AI for a year and half and was never happy with the coral growth until I switched back to metal halides.

And I no longer have the shadowing problem I did before.

are you able to deal with the heat and electricity? what were your reason for switching to led?

 

[Classictint]

That's why I'm reluctant to try Leds
I'm gonna stay with my Radiums and Phoenix !!


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