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The tank, I have a custom 340 gallon 6 ft by 3 feet wide and 31" tall mixed reef. My lighting fixture is a the 5 foot 4 bulb Aquatic Life fixture with 3 AI Hydra 52s mounted front to back.
I wanted T5s to fill in the gaps, so 2 bulbs towards the front of the tank and two bulbs towards the back. It hangs nicely over my tank.
I'm planning to replace the 4 two year old T5 bulbs in October. I've set my Hydras to be more on the blue spectrum and less on the red and green spectrum of bulbs. I'm currently running 4 coralspecial+ t5 bulbs and increased the lighting period with a 2 hour ramp up and 2 hour ramp down time and around 6 hours at full 100%.
I feel like it almost whitewashes with the Hydras. What T5 bulb would really bring out the coral colors more and support the color spectrum of the LEDs?
What 4 T5 bulbs would you go with with this setup?
I wanted T5s to fill in the gaps, so 2 bulbs towards the front of the tank and two bulbs towards the back. It hangs nicely over my tank.
I'm planning to replace the 4 two year old T5 bulbs in October. I've set my Hydras to be more on the blue spectrum and less on the red and green spectrum of bulbs. I'm currently running 4 coralspecial+ t5 bulbs and increased the lighting period with a 2 hour ramp up and 2 hour ramp down time and around 6 hours at full 100%.
I feel like it almost whitewashes with the Hydras. What T5 bulb would really bring out the coral colors more and support the color spectrum of the LEDs?
What 4 T5 bulbs would you go with with this setup?

