Opinions on this lighting system? I'd love to hear them!

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
no powercompacts and t5's are two different things

t5's are NOT in powercompacts

what im trying to tell you is

if you plan on just keeping soft corals go with powercompacts

if you wanna change your mind and get sps, lps or any other higher light corals go with t5ho
 
Okay, so this is a good idea if we want to keep our options open for the future. But will it kill the corals we have now? That's a way to open up your options LOL kill everything you've got now, and start over. I don't want to do that!
 
well here is a option

get the 2x36" teklights and hang them about 1.5ft over the tank
and when you want your higher light corals you can lower the light and move your softies to the bottom of the tank
and that wont kill your softies

seriously though go with the teklight
 
Okay... I really like the idea of one 72" light though. I don't want the system to look "pieced together" -- we've worked too hard on it for that.

No offense, but those lights look cheap and don't even come with bulbs.

Also, I've never even heard of that company. Sorry, but this stuff matters to me!
 
tek light is the best brand out there

and nice lights arent gonna come with bulbs

you should go and do some more research
 
and if you think the tek light is crapy


get ready to spend 2500$ on a giesemann or ati



EDIT: also if you havent heard of tek-light you probaly havent been looking very much for lighting
 
Obviously, I'm new to this. But they do not look as solid or as nice as the one I've been looking at. Also, I'm not sure how you can say the one I'm looking at isn't a nice lighting system. There are things I don't understand, but throwing around a lot of names and stuff doesn't help. It would be helpful if you could explain better why the lights you're telling me are better are better, because to me, it's all in wattage, and 5 watts per gallon isn't that much.

I need for someone to explain to me why the lights I'm looking at aren't good for me, because 5 watts per gallon doesn't sound like that much, especially on a tank that's two feet deep. Figure it's at least eight inches from the water's surface, and you've got 32 inches that it has to travel before it reaches the bottom. That's a long way to go.

I know the lighting I'm looking at is relatively new. I was hoping to find someone who has it, and may have even had experience with the white glove warranty. Apparently, they send folks out to your house to fix your light if it breaks. This is important to me because I drive a Mini and can't even fit a six-foot light in my car. Again, I'm open to suggestions, but I'm not familiar with this territory, so I need someone to actually explain to me why this isn't a good light.
 
ok

watts per gallon is absolutly worthless in saltwater
ok so if you had a 150W metal hailide in a 1,000,000gal tank and all the corals where right next to the light then thats only 0.00015wpg

that just smashed the watts per gal thingy out of the park

and the tek-light is a metal fixture not plastic like the one that you where previously looking at


ok and also penatration is very important metal haildes can deliver it but not near as much as a t5ho fixture can so that means that your 32inch deep tank is fine

ok so now to the fixture your looking at
its mh which is ok but not near as much proformance as what you would get out of a tek-light
its like a mustang it will give you thrills but i mean its not a corvette or viper
and also mh bulbs are very pricey and normaly run you 100$ just for one bulb that needs to be replaced every 8 months
 
Then what am I supposed to measure the light by? Lumens?

I thought the fact that it is a combo light would give me the best of both worlds -- the light you're talking about, and the benefits of that, plus the benefits of MH.

And if you don't want to help me, you don't have to. There's certainly no one forcing you to answer my questions. I'm sure I can find someone who won't feel the need to be demeaning and call me hon.
 
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