Thanks everyone. I still like my T5s and don't see myself going 100% LED until they come down more in price. This little guy packs some punch though
Cheech - I only have 3 small pieces of epoxy in the tank and I could have probably done ok without them (just some insurance). I epoxy once and ended up rescaping and the epoxy puddy was kind of PIT_. I much prefer just stacking. You have to work at it but you can usually find a way to lock everything together without anything. Seen some really good scapes though done with rods though.
Steeler - I lost it . Changed my bulbs and didn't reduce my light cycle and I think I cooked it. That and the clowns beat the crap out of it because they didn't want it to move into the shade. I knew going in that carpet nems are on the harder side to keep and unfortunately that was a really healthy nem to lose.