Can anyone reccomend a good T5 for a 10g SPS frag tank?

So I wanna do a 10g frag tank to grow out some SPS, what would be a good lighting setup for this? I want T5 instead of halide to keep the heat down. Thanks for your input.

 

is it a standard 10 gallon long?

 

yeah standard 10g

 

ok so i looked up the dimensions for a 10 gallon and there are two different ones.

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they dont make 24 inch t-5's so i hope you have the 20 inch long version.
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it's 20" long. yay

 

id go with the nova extreme pros then. pretty inexpensive and puts out a lot of light

 

I got the odyssea t5s and they were great on my ten gallon tank. I had polyps,shrooms, and montipora growing in there but unfortunately I was having algae problems and had to take it off. It is currently sitting on my 30 gallon.

 

I'll check into both of those brands, I know odyssea is the super cheap one, thanks guys

 

I think I'm gonna go with an Aqueon 20 gal long. 30"x12x12. Would a 6x24w T5 work for this? I think a 4 bulb fixture would be too little light (4.8w/gal) for SPS, although the light would be right on top of the frags practically.

The aqueon tank is not tempered. Boy, talk about a blank expression, asking a Petco employee about tempered glass aquariums. "uhhh... I know the glass tanks are pretty popular... uhhh..."
So I went home and looked at their website instead.

 

No sand in this tank, its only going to have eggcrate on a PVC stand, inlet, overflow, and a K2 powerhead.
Would a 4x39w Nova Ex be better than 6x24w, besides the obvious fewer bulbs to replace? I think it's actually a cheaper fixture than the 6 bulb anyway.

 

well t-5's arent made in a 30 inch bulb so youll have to go 36 inches and have hang off on each side. also t-5's dont really follow the watts per gallon rule. just make sure the fixture as individual reflectors

 

I think I may go with the 4x39w 36" and have it hang off the ends a little. The nova has individual reflectors from what I read in the description. Boy this frag tank is gonna cost more than I thought (well, so does every other project in this hobby)!

 

the nova extreme pro's have the IR's the nova extremes dont