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Has anyone here tried Coralife's T5NO light fixtures? If so, do they grow plants well? Did you replace the colormax bulb with something else?
I'm still trying to decide on lighting for my 54 gallon bowfront. It's going to be high tech, but low light. I originally wanted to go with T5HO, but it doesn't seem likely that I'll get low light with that. Also, unlike with T5HO, I can get a 30" fixture that has 30" bulbs, instead of 24" bulbs. I'm wondering about the quality of the light for these. I would probably get one 30" fixture and one 24", which would only give me 64 watts.
And now for my stupid question: Is it possible to run T5HO bulbs in a T5NO fixture assuming I don't care about them actually being HO? Obviously this would only be an option with the 24" fixture if it's possible at all, I'm just wondering how much I can play with bulb variety, or if I'll be stuck with Coralife bulbs only if I do this.
I'm still trying to decide on lighting for my 54 gallon bowfront. It's going to be high tech, but low light. I originally wanted to go with T5HO, but it doesn't seem likely that I'll get low light with that. Also, unlike with T5HO, I can get a 30" fixture that has 30" bulbs, instead of 24" bulbs. I'm wondering about the quality of the light for these. I would probably get one 30" fixture and one 24", which would only give me 64 watts.
And now for my stupid question: Is it possible to run T5HO bulbs in a T5NO fixture assuming I don't care about them actually being HO? Obviously this would only be an option with the 24" fixture if it's possible at all, I'm just wondering how much I can play with bulb variety, or if I'll be stuck with Coralife bulbs only if I do this.