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Thinking of ditching my LED's for good ol' T5's

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twomonsters
, 05-12-2014 at 07:28 PM (17573 Views)
Am I crazy?

I switched to LED's in July of 2011 since then my fixture has almost 9,000 hours on it. I've been reading that LED's start to lose par even after the first year. I've noticed my growth has really started to slow, since probably last year, and with my LPS die off I'm thinking it may be the lights either too bright for my system or not enough.

So I am thinking of getting an ATI Sunpower Dimmable fixture 6X54w for my 90. Anybody have experience with these fixtures?

Also I am going to try and remove my canopy and hang the fixture from the ceiling so I can adjust my height as well, maybe that will help currently I think any fixture I put in there is only about 3"-4" off the water.

What do you think guys?

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  1. melev's Avatar
    All was well since 2011 but in the past few months you're seeing a decline? LEDs purportedly last 50,000 hours. That's about 15 years if you run them 8 hours a day. I'm not certain about PAR drop-off, that's not what I've heard.

    I have a LED fixture over my frag tank that is three years old and the corals continue to grow and grow.

    You may be dealing with something else entirely.
  2. twomonsters's Avatar
    Yea i'm not really for certain but, I had extremely good luck with my retrofit 6 bulb T5 system. My water chemistry is good.