What is this light?

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
I messaged the seller he got back to quickly. Its a "power compact" light fixture. 5 year warranty. Well at that price might as well give it a shot right what are your guys thoughts?
 
I would go T5HO before I went power compact. however it is my belief that LED technology is now the way to go and will be giving my T5HO fixture to my brother when I upgrade to LED floods on my new tank.
 
I agree to an extent. I won't invest in a HO LED fixture right now. Even on ebay I'd need to drop 150 and up for a comparable fixture. If I planned on having this tank going for longer than 12-18 months I would make that investment but I'm really just growing out stuff and getting experience for my eventual rimless 60x30x18... That i'll do LED DIY.
 
So trying to figure out the Wattage vs lumens proposition. Seems that LED is not as good as T-5 HO yet. A single T-5 HO for 54 watts putts out more lumens (approximately 5,000) vs the 3,300 Lumens of a similar 4 ft LED double bright running 55 Watts. If we can't strike up a dialogue here I might start a new thread. I currently have T-5 and LED for 2 diff planted tanks. Trying to discern what I want to use for the rest of my tanks.
 
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