Metal Halides and T5s r fadding technology...??

[LuckySingh]

with all these different led fixtures been coming up these day with low wattage use and highest par in compare ....will MH and t5s will loose their charm soon....does really they do what they claim...i mean can they really grow corals..is it a better investment....what r ur all thoughts on this....????

Mods i was wondering if we can open a poll on this

[justahobby]

You can set up your on poll at the beginning of the thread (if you scroll down). You might still be able to be hitting edit and then edit again should take you to the first thread options

[LuckySingh]

You can set up your on poll at the beginning of the thread (if you scroll down). You might still be able to be hitting edit and then edit again should take you to the first thread options

got it bro thanks

[Bill S]

Fadding or fading? Fadding would mean they have come into popularity...

I still haven't seen anything that would make me buy into the LED technology. We have replaced nearly all of our lighting on our boat with LED. Makes sense there - it's all 12v anyway. When I see a RC Tank of the Month packed with SPS using LEDs, THEN I'll buy into it.

[alton]

Answer they still sell pc's, dont they

[justahobby]

Answer they still sell pc's, dont they

Very true. LED's will be old technology before halides and t5's ever fade out. Each light fills a certain void where another can't.

[Europhyllia]

T5 and halide will still be the cheaper options for a really long time! Cheaper means its accessible to a much wider base of customers.

[Europhyllia]

When I see a RC Tank of the Month packed with SPS using LEDs, THEN I'll buy into it.

Here you go October 2010
http://reefkeeping.com/joomla/index....k-of-the-month

And of course I know you still won't buy into it because he started the tank with MH/T5 and switched to LEDs halfway through but I mean LEDs haven't been available that long and SPS tanks that make TOTM usually are on TOTM because they have big *** corals in it -not little fragsies -meaning the tank may have been up for some time. LEDs have only really become something the average hobbyist buys in the last couple of years it seems.

Anyway you don't have to buy into it at all though. You got Discus! ;)

[ShAgMaN]

T5 and halide will still be the cheaper options for a really long time! Cheaper means its accessible to a much wider base of customers.

I don't think so. Even TV's are going LED and are becoming affordable. It's so much more economical in the long run...and you can already buy some pretty strong lights for a decent price. I would be surprised it LED's are more expensive than t5's and Mh's in a few years. At the very least; everyone will get the value - kinda like how PC's are basically obsolete. Biggest difference to me is energy consumption and heat output - in which Mh's soak up the electrons and dish out the radiation, and T5's still run too warm. I'm going back to LED's ASAP.

[Europhyllia]

You don't have to convince me about total value. I run 100% LED on everything.
But for the average person starting out the whole thing is pretty dang expensive. So not everybody can afford top of the line when they are already shelling out money for tank, stand, equipment, etc. Most people don't even stick with the hobby for longer than a year or two so for those in and out guys the amortization of cost won't even take affect.

And I totally agree on heat but just think of all these whacky people that still stick any gorgeous fixture into some ugly canopy - probably even impeding the heatsinks on LEDs! ;)