I didn't buy the stuff. It was my buddy Chris' tank, so he purchased everything. He did it online, but I don't recall where, although those same parts can be gotten from most any online dealer: Aquacave, Premium Aquatics, Marine Depot, etc.
I am about to transition from a T-12 setup to T-5's. Did you purchase your T-5 pieces, parts and bulbs on-line? If so, what site do you suggest?
Nicely done. I'm all about using less energy on my tanks. One of the reasons I'm really looking into some kind of LED lighting for my next aquarium. Even if it turns out to be just for the actinic supplementation.
Very nice! I need to sneak one or two of those LED strips over my tank too.
You sure did sneak that one in. I'm about to hang the ones you shipped me over my reef. I just need to create some acrylic brackets. LOL
Correct. The 660 turns all four lamps on at once. But, if you look at the 2nd picture, I snuck one of our new 3' LED moonlight retrofits in between the 2' and 3' T5's. This gives him the dawn/dusk effect with some extra color enhancement. He has the LED on from 8:00 AM until midnight with the T5's running from noon until 10:00 PM.
I like it. Not only does it look cleaner (and newer!), but he's getting more light intensity - significantly. Since it only uses on ballast, he doesn't have the option to turn on only one set of bulbs at a time, right? If he did, he could simulate 'high noon' nicely, instead of a full blast from the beginning of the day to the end of the day. Thanks for sharing this, especially because it is a corner tank.
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