Branded HOT5 tubes in Hopar fixture

[ming69]

Hi Bros n Sis.

Has anyone tried using the branded t5 tubes (ATI or Gissemann) in the normal (ie Hopar or other brand) fixtures?

Heard that those fixtures may not be able to bring out the spectrum, eg.. of the brande tubes, as the ballast may not be powerful enough.

Is it true?

Please advise.

[[V]tEc]

Hi Bros n Sis.

Has anyone tried using the branded t5 tubes (ATI or Gissemann) in the normal (ie Hopar or other brand) fixtures?

Heard that those fixtures may not be able to bring out the spectrum, eg.. of the brande tubes, as the ballast may not be powerful enough.

Is it true?

Please advise.

i used ATI b4 in the hopar but my eye power tell mi there no diff between the hopar n the ati in term of brightness....

[ming69]

i used ATI b4 in the hopar but my eye power tell mi there no diff between the hopar n the ati in term of brightness....

Thanks Bro, for your reply. What corals were u keeping when u were using the hopar with ati tubes?

Cos wondering if it can sustain sps

[[V]tEc]

Thanks Bro, for your reply. What corals were u keeping when u were using the hopar with ati tubes?

Cos wondering if it can sustain sps

mostly LPS. my tank ht is 2.5ft n i gt a clam on my sandbed. been doing fine. also a green SPS n some monti on the higher level close to water surface. the onli thing i dun like abt this fixture is it onli has 1 power plug which mean u can only on n off 4 tubes together with timer, otherwise i feel for normal usage, it does the job well.

[ReDDeviLs]

check with bro lemon, think he is using hopar fixture and retrofit fixture with new tubes. must check with him

but i heard the hopar reflectors are not build for individual tubes. unlike the powdermodul or giessemman fixtures.

if so,this might be the difference in the brightness.