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jda · 04/21/2017, 02:09 PM

My apologies for the misrepresentation of your comments. Sorry.

You might have to search pretty hard to find somebody else who suggests a 36" T5 fixture for a 48" tank. This is a mistake IMO. Your output is going to be small on the last 10-12 inches on each side of the tank instead of the last 4-6 inches.

ATI and Gieseman are VERY good. Aquamedic, if you can find one, are pretty good. Some of the Hydroponics fixtures are better than some of the cheap retro kits. A bad T5 setup is not really worth owning. A good one can grow anything and probably last a decade.

04/21/2017, 02:09 PM	#33
jda Dogmatic Dinosaur Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Boulder, CO Posts: 6,256	My apologies for the misrepresentation of your comments. Sorry. You might have to search pretty hard to find somebody else who suggests a 36" T5 fixture for a 48" tank. This is a mistake IMO. Your output is going to be small on the last 10-12 inches on each side of the tank instead of the last 4-6 inches. ATI and Gieseman are VERY good. Aquamedic, if you can find one, are pretty good. Some of the Hydroponics fixtures are better than some of the cheap retro kits. A bad T5 setup is not really worth owning. A good one can grow anything and probably last a decade.