Just purchased an Odyssea T5 HO Deluxe 36" (6500K)

I just purchased what I linked below

Odyssea 36" T5 HO Deluxe

Based on my calculation Ill be between 25 to 33 L/in^2  which is high to very high light range.

The reason for the large range in the luminosity is due to me not knowing the characteristics of the reflectors.  I do know that they're not parabolic, or V shaped.  They're simply bulbs in a box reflector and bulbs placed close together.  Assuming the worst, Ill still be in a high light saturation.  Ill finally be able to put my high light demanding plants in my main tank.

Also since I have pressure CO2 in my tank as of a lil over a month ago, I should be great with combating algae if it appears with the addition of the new intense lighting.

Lets hope all goes well once i get my lights in 1 week.

(fingers crossed w/ 90% confidence factor)

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Comment by Luke Newcomb on March 6, 2013 at 12:03pm

looks Sweet! what tank are you putting it on?

Comment by Tank Flip (LED) on March 6, 2013 at 1:12pm

My main display tank which you see in my videos

Comment by Peter on March 6, 2013 at 1:19pm
Very nice. Dave. With co2 ur plants will grow like crazy
Comment by mark ruddy on March 6, 2013 at 5:34pm

i have one that is very similar. i run co2 and ferts. i had to turn of two bulbs per light as i was getting bba lke crazy.

Comment by Tank Flip (LED) on March 7, 2013 at 4:16am

thanks mark for the info.  what kind of light demanding plants did you have in the tank while having all light on?

Comment by ŦǖƦβФ - 29/29Ƀǿצᶎ on March 7, 2013 at 11:54am

legit. I did 2, 2 30" T5HO fixures over my 40 gal -  which is juuuust right for mid to high light plants- The reason I bought 2, 2 bulb systems is, 30 bucks cheaper. I dont have to pull bulbs if light is too high, or if I remove the high light plants. I can spread out the light better, and can run just 2 bulbs if i wanna. Ill have a video of the complete new 40 gal set up soon -

Comment by mark ruddy on March 7, 2013 at 12:13pm

well like The Man i can turn them off as i have 3 switches. as far as what plats i had, i had dwarf baby tears lace plants a few swords and a few ulvaceus's when my baby tears melted i tried dwarf hair grass and got the same as they melted and would never grow but bba did. i am not saying it will happen to you but it did to me. i am in the process of buying new baby tears to see if they will grow now but everything else it growing awesome now

Comment by Tank Flip (LED) on March 7, 2013 at 12:29pm

@Turbo I figured why not pay a bit more to have one plug instead of multiple plugs (simplicity is my game)  plus this fixture has fans to help cool it down a lil bit which i believe is going to be needed.  The lumen output increases with temp but only to a certain point at which is starts to decrease again, and also shortens bulb lifespan.   Thanks for the feedback.

@mark  provided ur baby tears had enough ferts thats good, but what kind of co2 injection were u doing - yeast reactor or pressure c02?

Comment by ŦǖƦβФ - 29/29Ƀǿצᶎ on March 8, 2013 at 1:40am

One plug, and fans.

Comment by mark ruddy on March 8, 2013 at 1:44am

i was using diy,  i have pressurized now

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