I am looking to upgrade my old style 4 bulb PC lights for some new HO T5's with the lunar LEDs. I've been getting some opinions and have checked out the JBJ, coralife and Aquaticlife. All of which are 4 bulb with lunar lights, nice and similar in price. it will be going on my 90g. If it were you, what would you pick?
What light would you choose?
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I voted none, since the moonlight leds will likely stop working after a year. Every one I have seen is driven with a cheesy wall wart that goes out.
Definitely not the Coralife they are horrible we've got one in our shop and we have had to replace every single bulb within the first year. I love the Aquaticlife fixtures not only have the bulbs never burnt out (we do replace annually) but there is only one cord coming out of the fixture and a built in timer/control interface. I don't know anything about the JBJ but my vote would be Aquaticlife plus they are awesome about replacing broken parts for free.
Replace the bulbs in the first year? T5HO bulbs should be replaced every 9 months to maintain par and to prevent spectrum creep.
If the bulbs are kept at a cool enough temp (easier said then done) they can last up to 2 years without much loss of colour or intensity. But very few if no stock lighting systems except MAYBE the following super expencive fixtures can cool the bulbs enough; Blau Aquaristic Lumina (average price range), Giesemann MATRIX (not 100% on this one), ATI SunPower or Power Module (best built in cooling via fans but super expencive)