How bright are the LED bars compared to T5 and T8 fluorescent tubes?
Comparison of the properties of T8 and T5 tubes made by established manufacturers with LED bars from LEDaquaristik
| Manufacturer | Description | Light colour (Kelvin) |
Light output (Lumen) |
Output (Watt) |
Efficiency (Lumen/Watt) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dennerle |
T8 Amazon-Day 895 mm |
6000 | 2300 | 30 | 76 |
| Eheim | T8 freshpower daylight 895 mm |
6500 | 2350 | 30 | 78 |
| JBL | T8 Solar Tropic 895 mm |
4000 | 1650 | 30 | 55 |
| Sera | T8 tropic sun 895 mm |
4700 | 1600 | 30 | 53 |
| Hagen | T8 Sunglo 895 mm |
4200 | 2100 | 30 | 70 |
| T5 | |||||
| Dennerle | T5 Amazon-Day 850 mm |
6000 | 3250 | 39 | 89 |
| Giesemann | T5 Tropic 850 mm |
6500 | 2450 | 39 | 63 |
| Eheim | T5 freshpower daylight 850 mm |
6500 | 3300 | 39 | 85 |
| JBL | T5 Ultra Tropic 850 mm |
4000 | 2500 | 39 | 64 |
| Sera | T5 daylight brillant 895 mm |
6000 | 3900 | 45 | 87 |
| Hagen / Fluval | T5 Life Spectrum 850 mm |
6700 | 3000 | 39 | 77 |
| LED | |||||
| LEDaquaristik | eco+ LED bar SKY 790mm |
6500 | 2427* | 25 | 97* |
| LEDaquaristik | PRO² LED bar SKY 755mm |
6500 | 4125* | 37 | 111* |
Source: DATZ/Amazonas 66 and manufacturers' websites
*The data for the LEDaquaristik products are based on real measured values!