What are the thoughts on the new Galileo solaris lights

[Chikky]

I am trying to research the best new upgrade lighting for my 150 gallon reef.The tank is 6ft long. Right now I have 4 65 watt powercompacts bulbs and 4 96 watt power compacts bulbs on the tank. They generate lots of heat along with the chiller in the late spring and summer... Hubby likes to complain about it, so for sanity and energy costs I'm looking for a green and good alternative to upgrade to. The tank houses these items, excuse any spelling mistakes, hynofora, pagoda cup, trumpet coral, Bta's, zoo's, mushrooms, button poylups,candy coral,leathers, I think thats most of them... :roll:

 

[melev]

Here are some threads about them:

November: http://www.dfwmas.org/Forums/viewtopic.php?t=39275&highlight=solaris
http://www.dfwmas.org/Forums/viewtopic.php?t=31187&highlight=solaris

June:
http://www.dfwmas.org/Forums/viewtopic.php?t=30745&highlight=solaris

 

[DaveJ]

Not worth the price in my opinion, but perhaps in a few years once the cost of the technology goes down. If you want heat and energy efficient, go with a very good t-5 unit like the ATI or the Giesmann units. They are extremely heat efficient and the energy consumption is about as good as youll get and much better than MH.

These are the ATI's... with your tank I would suggest 2 of the 4 bulb at the 36" or if you want to plan ahead for SPS go with the 6 bulb units and keep one set of 2 off on each fixture.

http://www.reefgeek.com/lighting/T5_Fluorescent/ATI/Powermodule_Fixtures/