As some of you may know a number of export hobbyists manage to keep light hungry sps dominated tank with T5 lighting opposites to some advance hobbyist mentioning T5 lighting is useless for sps or are only good for supplement to the metal halide.

The reason for this come to the quality of the T5 unit and what makes a good T5 is their ballast and reflector. Good quality ballast and reflector are very expensive comparing to low quality ones that's why you see there is a rather large price difference on different brand T5 lighting.

Second reason is what we call T5 lighting in aquarium industry mean T5 high output (T5HO) however in lighting industry there is 2 different type the normal T5 and the T5HO where there is a huge differences in the output, wattage and price. Many un-branded low quality T5 lighting claims to be T5HO lighting but uses standard T5 ballast (or overdriving the ballast to get close to 54w). That's why when you replace the standard tubes to some higher quality one it won't fire up or seems very dim compare to what it should be, this is because high quality tubes require the full amount of wattage from a good quality T5HO ballast to run.

New version of LC120 comes with better heat release design, brighter reflector and high quality electronic T5HO ballast. It also offers both legs and hanging kit to mount the light.

Voltage:220-240V
Frequency:50/60Hz
Watt: 54W x 4
Length: 120cm
54W White T5x 2
54W Blue T5 x 2
Internal Electronic Ballasts

T5 lighting is the latest type of fluorescent lighting use in the aquarium industry. It provide a much higher output than standard T8 fluorescent and less heat than metal halide. We these advantages makes it ideal for both reef and plant aquarium.

Please let us know if you are using this light for plant aquarium so we can fit 4 white T5 tubes for you.