In light of the thread started a few days ago in this forum by Digitalflipkick I was wondering if anyone out there uses T8's.
I am building a new viv and I'm just wondering if I want to switch to T8's. I don't have the money for HID's. I'm using one double T12 shoplight over two of my 20H vivs right now and the plants look alright... kind of thin though.... so they're nice, but could be better.
My new viv will be around 70 gallons (50w x 20h x 17d) I plan to build multiple shoplights right into the hood (2-3 doubles or 4-6 tubes total.) I've got a bunch of T12 fixtures already, but would the extra brightness be worth the extra money to get 2 or 3 T8 fixtures?
Which fixtures do I want? How many of them do I want for a viv that size?
I am building a new viv and I'm just wondering if I want to switch to T8's. I don't have the money for HID's. I'm using one double T12 shoplight over two of my 20H vivs right now and the plants look alright... kind of thin though.... so they're nice, but could be better.
My new viv will be around 70 gallons (50w x 20h x 17d) I plan to build multiple shoplights right into the hood (2-3 doubles or 4-6 tubes total.) I've got a bunch of T12 fixtures already, but would the extra brightness be worth the extra money to get 2 or 3 T8 fixtures?
Which fixtures do I want? How many of them do I want for a viv that size?