Do you think the new LED lighting systems from Solaris are better then MH or T5's?....as far as i see the inital cost might be almost twice as much, but there are no bulb replacements for 11 years on a 12/12 cycle and they apparently only draw 75watts but produce PAR levels equal to a 250W 20K MH. Plus i think its great that they have the complete built in control of the sunrise and sunset from 6.5k-22k. along with automatic cloud cover and moon cycles. you dont need any fancy timers because its all build right in. If they stay really cool because it is only LED's i assume you can mount them much closer to the water then a MH. so are these really worth the extra money? just think how much you could save on electricty and bulb replacements! any input from anyone who has acctaually used on of thse would be great... iv only really seen a few tank pics with them being used. here is a link that also goes to the solaris webiste where there is more informationand a review. any imput would be great because i wouldent mind spending more to begin with if it saves me money in the long run.
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