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I've scrapped the T5/LED floating canopy for the 80 gallon. I'll be apartment living for at least 2-3 more years and think the floating canopy is more of a permanent residence install. So with that being said, I'm now looking to go either the T5 route with an ATI Dimmable Sunpower (w/reefbrites likely) or the Infite/Spectra. I've run DE and single ended and have had personal experience with the Phoenix 14k and Radium 20k. So, the decision here is if I want to go the DE route and save money on bulbs since Phoenix bulbs are about $25 cheaper than the Radiums.

I know both will work great, and I've always loved MH/T5, but I've never tried all T5 before so I'm always bit curious to give it a try.

Any suggestions?

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Spartanman22 said:
I've scrapped the T5/LED floating canopy for the 80 gallon. I'll be apartment living for at least 2-3 more years and think the floating canopy is more of a permanent residence install. So with that being said, I'm now looking to go either the T5 route with an ATI Dimmable Sunpower (w/reefbrites likely) or the Infite/Spectra. I've run DE and single ended and have had personal experience with the Phoenix 14k and Radium 20k. So, the decision here is if I want to go the DE route and save money on bulbs since Phoenix bulbs are about $25 cheaper than the Radiums.

I know both will work great, and I've always loved MH/T5, but I've never tried all T5 before so I'm always bit curious to give it a try.

Any suggestions?

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i personally think an sps dominant tank would look nicer under 14K phoenix than a 20K radium ..
 
I ran 14k Phoenix on a 75 gallon for almost 4 years and never had any complaints. I believe the Infiniti is a little less bulky as well since it's DE. But weren't there some recent concerns about Phoenix 14k not being available anymore

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I have the Geisseman Infiniti (2x250W DE Phoenix 14K + 4x54 T5) + 2 Cree leds Strip..I love it..


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with 2 Cree Strips light



with 2 Bridgelux Strips light
 
Spartanman22 said:
I ran 14k Phoenix on a 75 gallon for almost 4 years and never had any complaints. I believe the Infiniti is a little less bulky as well since it's DE. But weren't there some recent concerns about Phoenix 14k not being available anymore

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i thought its about DE Radium bulbs but i might be wrong ..

if my radions doesnt do the job of keeping my sticks yellow im gonna go with infinity ..
My reason for infinity over spectra is .. well Spectra is bigger reflector meaning more spread meaning have to hang closer to the tank meaning more heat in the tank .. infiniti has a smaller reflector and hence can be hung higher so not as much heat to the tank ..
 
tinman said:
i thought its about DE Radium bulbs but i might be wrong ..

if my radions doesnt do the job of keeping my sticks yellow im gonna go with infinity ..
My reason for infinity over spectra is .. well Spectra is bigger reflector meaning more spread meaning have to hang closer to the tank meaning more heat in the tank .. infiniti has a smaller reflector and hence can be hung higher so not as much heat to the tank ..
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That is a good point I don't want to deal with heat isssues. I'll likely wait and see if one ever pops up used otherwise I'll probably go with the ATI. It'll come in at about half the cost after bulbs and ballasts.

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Spartanman22 said:
That is a good point I don't want to deal with heat isssues. I'll likely wait and see if one ever pops up used otherwise I'll probably go with the ATI. It'll come in at about half the cost after bulbs and ballasts.

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Not trying to sell you on it but one just popped :)

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Ya I saw that already and appreciate the heads up! Unfortunately I'm in the market for a 48" unit. Who knows maybe we'll get some black Friday deals...

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Today's testing showed nitrates down to 2.0 and alk and calcium a bit low which explains the recent encrusting and growth.

I am going to cut the vodka/MB7 dosing in half and go from there. I'd like to keep nitrates around 2-5.

I also changed out the fuge CFL bulb. Turns out that bulb was 2700K. So, I got one of those LED screw in bulbs at 5000K. Hopefully I'll start to see some growth in the chaeto because I've got some nuisance algae popping up in the display. The phosphates are definitely there so if the LED doesn't bring any growth I'll go back to the tried and true method of a 150 watt halogen spotlight ?

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Well BRS now has the Giesemann Matrixx on sale for Black Friday so now I have even more decisions to make! I'm either going the Sunpower or Dimtec and leaning towards the Dimtec, it just looks so sexy!

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Is an 8 bulb unit a better investment than a 6 bulb? It's a 48 × 24 × 16" tank. It'll be sps dominant. I don't want to spend the extra money on an I bulb unit if it's not necessary but at the same time I don't want to limit myself. It'd be nice to be able to dim down the bulbs a bit to extend lifespan too.

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What fixture are you suing that has 10 bulbs? I figured 8 and then dim them to save some bulb life.

I'm pretty set on the ATI, I foolishly was looking at the Giesemann Matrixx ii non-dim thinking it was the dim. Dimtecs a bit pricey...

I'm thinking of the following bulb combo: 5 blue plus, 2 coral us, 1 purple plus

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rockhead said:
It's a ATI power module which they do not make any more


Tom
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Oh nice if I could find an 8 bulb powermodule that's probably what I'd go with. I don't know why they changed the housing design for the dimmable sunpower but the powermodule housing is so much nicer looking imo than the sunpower

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Spartanman22 said:
Oh nice if I could find an 8 bulb powermodule that's probably what I'd go with. I don't know why they changed the housing design for the dimmable sunpower but the powermodule housing is so much nicer looking imo than the sunpower

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Tom
 
maidia said:
I have the Geisseman Infiniti (2x250W DE Phoenix 14K + 4x54 T5) + 2 Cree leds Strip..I love it..


Picture was long ago..

with 2 Cree Strips light



with 2 Bridgelux Strips light
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Mai, sorry for totally ignoring your post I don't know how I missed it. That thing looks amazing! I'd love to pickup one of those but they're just so expensive both initially and with recurring bulb costs, and unfortunately I don't see to many ever show up in the used equipment sections

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