多年来，我们已经看到了一些用于水族馆的混合LED和T5灯具，但是Triton Aquatics的新设计可以说是我们看到的最吸引人的。Triton Aquatics代替选择灯泡以及其固定装置中使用了哪种LED，开发了一个光线外壳，该光壳连接到四个T5管，并在固定装置的中心有一个大空隙，用于安装您选择的LED固定装置。
从某种意义上说，特里顿的新灯具也可以看作是用于Hydra和Radion LED灯的安装系统，恰好配备了高输出T5照明。Triton固定装置的中心“开放空间”运行固定装置的长度，宽约7.5英寸，因此任何足够薄的扁平面板LED固定装置都可以使用。
Triton makes the entire housing in-house in Cleveland Ohio from a single sheet of aluminium. The fixture is then wired with ATI brand-name endcaps, fans, and dimmable ballasts which can be externally controlled; there’s a simple 1-10v input so you can delegate dimming and timer options to a third party controller such as an Apex or Profilux.
Packing all of that T5 and LED power into a single housing means that plenty of heat will be produced but an aluminum housing and no fewer than three fans will help keep the LED fixtures and T5 bulbs running at an optimally cool temperature. The Triton Aquatics Hybrid fixture has mounting holes for securing your Hydra or Radion LED lights and it will first be offered up in a four foot length with either white or black powder coated finish.
When it starts shipping in October, Triton’s Hybrid fixture will be priced at around $500 without any bulbs but they will entertain requests for fixtures to be made in shorter lengths and with ballasts and endcaps for just two tubes. There’s some things that T5 fluorescent tubes can do that are simply not available from LED lights such as broad spectrum UV exposure and filling in every space of the tank with light, eliminating hard shadows. The combination of shimmering LEDs and broad light distribution from T5 tubes is a very progressive choice of aquarium lighting and we look forward to seeing how reefers react to this new approach to combining the best of both worlds. [Triton Aquatics]
