New Marineland lighting at Drsfostersmith

How would you rate the brightness compared with a T5 fixture?
 
I honestly just got my first T5 fixture. I've been using regular old fluorescents. The one I just bought is a double coral life for my 55. In comparison...the leds on my 20 long are just as bright. On my 20 tall definitely dimmer, but a much nicer quality. As before...the plants are looking good so far.
 
There is practically no heat production though
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This is why I'm interested in LED lighting.
 
I have got the 36-48" light currently running on a 90 gallon. I like it, but I don' think it has enough light for any kind of plants. The one drawback I see is that when using it on a 48" long tank it leaves you will dark corners (the actual lightstrip is only 34") on either side. The shimmering effect is nice, as well as the moonlighting.
 
Anyone got PAR values of these vs. T-5 vs. PC bulbs?
I've been looking but haven't found anything useful.
I think that I could swing a conversion from 96W PC to LED based on bulb & electricity savings but I'd want to know more about how my plants would do before taking that sort of plunge.
 
Based on the few weeks i've had them on a regular 20 gallon and a 20 long...low light plants do great and I have had much less algae if any at all. So, I have really liked them.

I use the ecoxotic stunners on my 150 as dawn/dusk l;ighting and love them,
 
Here's an interesting link... http://www.americanaquariumproducts.com/Aquarium_Lighting.html

Looks like LEDs may have a huge advantage or two -
given the right emitters, they can be an excellent mimic for chlorophyll growth wavelength preferences and they last a long time, not to mention that they produce minimal heat and use lots less energy.
These emitters are running $7-$9 ea. though...
 
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