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Unread 12/08/2012, 05:10 PM   #1
YoungREEFA
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Odyssea t5 lit reef and Par readings

Any body have the stated above? You know before your house catches fire


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Unread 12/08/2012, 06:03 PM   #2
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I have a 72" 4 bulb t5 odyssea over my 125. I just got it this week and I don't have a par meter or corals. It is a nice looking fixture but they put 60" bulbs in it. Both blue bulbs were on 1 end and both 10 k were to the other making a blue and yellow side. It would have been better to just center all bulbs.

The light seems bright to the eyes but I don't think it is any brighter than my 4-110 vho over a 55g


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Unread 12/08/2012, 06:12 PM   #3
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I have a 72" 4 bulb t5 odyssea over my 125. I just got it this week and I don't have a par meter or corals. It is a nice looking fixture but they put 60" bulbs in it. Both blue bulbs were on 1 end and both 10 k were to the other making a blue and yellow side. It would have been better to just center all bulbs.

The light seems bright to the eyes but I don't think it is any brighter than my 4-110 vho over a 55g
That's retarded, blue on one end and white on the other..you can fix that easily enough though.

You are much better off using 4 60" bulbs instead of 8 36" bulbs, you get more intensity out of 60" bulbs anyway.

Switch to good bulbs before making that call, well odysea is no ATI fixture, but it will help...good luck.



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