T5HO vs. VHO

YoungLe84 · 12/10/2006, 06:38 PM

i am trying to decide whether to go with T5HO or VHO. it will be for a 96 x 30 x 30 tank a 375gal. i will be using 4 x 400watt metal halides.

What should i go with?

The Grim Reefer · 12/10/2006, 07:19 PM

If this is just supplimental lighting the VHO actinics are hard to beat.

Of course you could do a combination of VHO Actinics and T5 blue pluses

tenpercenter · 12/10/2006, 07:41 PM

I am curious about this as well. Why would VHO's be better for actinic supplementation than the t5's?

TenPercenter

samc99us · 12/10/2006, 08:17 PM

The VHO actinics are just better according to many.....I don't have personal experience so I can't say. But Grim knows his stuff...

glenn lambert · 12/10/2006, 08:20 PM

I have ho t5 actinic as suppliment to 10k halides and the mix looks perfect to me.

dhoch · 12/10/2006, 09:22 PM

THe VHO actinics (especially UVL (or as they used to be know URI)) bulbs give a better color to corals.... they flores (sp?) better under the VHO bulbs than under the T5

Personall experience (Grim had me on T5 2 years ago, only change since then is removing T5 actinc and replaceing with VHO actinic) as well as a lengthy conversation with a couple of the UVL people at MACNA in Houston about all kinds of things (including their opinion of their T5 actinic bulb vs VHO actinic bulb).

Dave

12/10/2006, 06:38 PM	#1
YoungLe84 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Ft. lauderdale, Florida Posts: 26	T5HO vs. VHO i am trying to decide whether to go with T5HO or VHO. it will be for a 96 x 30 x 30 tank a 375gal. i will be using 4 x 400watt metal halides. What should i go with?

12/10/2006, 07:19 PM	#2
The Grim Reefer Ready for some NOBALL!!! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Kingman Az Posts: 25,259	If this is just supplimental lighting the VHO actinics are hard to beat. Of course you could do a combination of VHO Actinics and T5 blue pluses __________________ America, the way it outta be! Current Tank Info: 120 Starphire with Illudium Q-288 Photon Regurgitator DIY LED lighting

12/10/2006, 08:17 PM	#4
samc99us Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 129	The VHO actinics are just better according to many.....I don't have personal experience so I can't say. But Grim knows his stuff... __________________ 29g tank, 150 watt de mh, 10k coralvue reeflux, CSS65 Current Tank Info: Mixed/SPS 29 Gallon

12/10/2006, 08:20 PM	#5
glenn lambert Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 2	I have ho t5 actinic as suppliment to 10k halides and the mix looks perfect to me. __________________ live music is best.

12/10/2006, 09:22 PM	#6
dhoch Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,762	THe VHO actinics (especially UVL (or as they used to be know URI)) bulbs give a better color to corals.... they flores (sp?) better under the VHO bulbs than under the T5 Personall experience (Grim had me on T5 2 years ago, only change since then is removing T5 actinc and replaceing with VHO actinic) as well as a lengthy conversation with a couple of the UVL people at MACNA in Houston about all kinds of things (including their opinion of their T5 actinic bulb vs VHO actinic bulb). Dave __________________ Check out my tanks website... click the red box above my post Current Tank Info: 180 gal Acrylic, 29 gal refugium, 40 gal sump, Mag 18 -> 2 Sea Swirls, Tunze 6100, 8 x 80W overdriven T5 Lights, ASM G4 skimmer

12/10/2006, 07:41 PM	#3
tenpercenter Premium Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 144	I am curious about this as well. Why would VHO's be better for actinic supplementation than the t5's? TenPercenter