GreshamH said:
eldiablosrt8 said:
imo 3 par 38 bulbs arent as clean as a AI super sol fixture
Might want to clarify that statement..
What is not clean? The over all look once installed OVER the tank? The look of the LED's in the tank?
A single SOL fixture won't give you the coverage you need from the units I have seen in the wild. They pretty much aim straight down with little bleed outside of that area.
It is prob. fine for 17" X 17" tank, he will not grow acro in the whole area I guess.
Good thing about AI is it penetrate very well, you can hang it high at 12" and still have strong enough PAR to grow acro on bottom of tank.
I was thinking of using AI for my tank upgrade, then I estimate I need 6 units for my application (tank will be 48" x 30", thinking to enable 36" X 24" surface area for acros). That is TOO expensive and I prefer the look of single MH/T5 fixture than 6 AI units on a rack. To me AI is sort of industial or scientific looking, should hide in a canopy which I will not have for the tank.