chalice frag tank lights?

[davelink]

whats up guys, just wanted a couple of opinions here... just got my 24x24 chalice frag tank setup and plumbed into my display. i got a 4bulb T5, was wondering what bulb combo you guys would go with for chalices only? maybe 3 blues and an actinic?

 

[BigFeesh]

ati blue +
ati aquablue special
ati purple plus (or whatever the purple one is called)
ati blue +

 

[davelink]

u runnin that combo right now?

 

[BigFeesh]

no but thats what everyone seems to recommend and ive seen it on a coupke of tanks and its nice!!!

 

[m and m]

Front
ATI Blue Plus
ATI Blue Plus
Fiji Purple
ATI Blue Pluse
Back

If its a standered frag tank 10 tall id say in the 18-22 high rang. Your all set with that If that is two blue for your liking because it will be on the blue side switch out the second bulb the a ATI special.

 

[soccerbag]

Front
ATI Blue Plus
ATI Blue Plus
Fiji Purple
ATI Blue Pluse
Back

If its a standered frag tank 10 tall id say in the 18-22 high rang. Your all set with that If that is two blue for your liking because it will be on the blue side switch out the second bulb the a ATI special.

+1 to this combo. If you are just keeping chalices, the Blue+ bulbs will put out plenty of PAR. As m and m said, if you want more of a 14K look, then switch one of the Blue+'s for an AquaBlue Special. The Fiji Purple will help pop the colors of any watermelons you have.

 

[m and m]

+1 to this combo. If you are just keeping chalices, the Blue+ bulbs will put out plenty of PAR. As m and m said, if you want more of a 14K look, then switch one of the Blue+'s for an AquaBlue Special. The Fiji Purple will help pop the colors of any watermelons you have.

You should take credit for that got all that info through you and your Chalice/LPS thread and Applied it to my system just on a bigger scale and works AMAZING!

 

[davelink]

ok tight guys thank you im gonna give it a try

 

[Hyprviperx]

im gonna jump on the band wagon here and try this combo out when i get the next $100 freed up... been looking for a great combo and this may be it. thanks guys for the answers and thanks Davelink for posting your "?"

 

[SoCaliReefin]

Front
ATI Blue Plus
ATI Blue Plus
Fiji Purple
ATI Blue Pluse
Back

If its a standered frag tank 10 tall id say in the 18-22 high rang. Your all set with that If that is two blue for your liking because it will be on the blue side switch out the second bulb the a ATI special.

Would this combo be good for sps too? or just chalices?

 

[shred5]

on one tank I run.

I run (2) ati blue plus
(1) uvl super actinic... Love this lamp just seems to not last long.
(1) uvl aquasun.. For some red.

Dave Polzin

 

[Thanh386]

I wanna know a good combo for sps with a 11 bulb set up.

 

[returnofsid]

Would this combo be good for sps too? or just chalices?

No, not enough PAR. See below...

I wanna know a good combo for sps with a 11 bulb set up.

50/50 Blue Plus/Aquablue Specials.

I guess 50/50 won't work, with 11 bulbs...lol. I'd go with 6 Blue Plus and 5 Aquablue Specials, alternating each, starting and ending with a Blue Plus.

 

[m and m]

Would this combo be good for sps too? or just chalices?

I would say yes it would. The guy above me must not use this combo. Blue pluse put out a ton of par. You just might have to lower the lights from 20inch high to more like 15 high. Trust me that combo is fine for SPS.

 

[m and m]

I wanna know a good combo for sps with a 11 bulb set up.

IF you want a bluer look And plenty of color and POP in the color I would go with

1 UVL Atinic
2Blue plus
3Blue Plus
4Fiji
5Blue plus
6AQUA blue sp
7Blue pluse
8Fiji
9blue plus
10blue plus
11UVL attinic


Somthing along those lines but 11 bulbs is a ton of light what kinda tank is it going on?

 

[returnofsid]

I would say yes it would. The guy above me must not use this combo. Blue pluse put out a ton of par. You just might have to lower the lights from 20inch high to more like 15 high. Trust me that combo is fine for SPS.

I'm the guy above you...lol. Yes, I've used that combo, on 2 predominately SPS tanks. I had much better growth, and color, with a 50/50 Blue Plus and Aquablue Special. I've used both combos, over a 40 breeder, with 6 bulbs and a 200 Deep Dimension, with 10 bulbs.

 

[m and m]

Well the demensions of your breader and a his frag tank are diffrent. I have used that bulb combo on a old frag tank and it grew and colored SPS just fine.

 

[Thanh386]

It's going on a 60L x 36W x 24 tank with 4 x 460 icecapa over driving the bulbs. I want the tank to de predominately sps

 

[Acropora52]

Setting up two tanks on a dual system.

70 gallon lps tank (30 x 30 x 18) 6 x 24 sunpower
4 Blue +, 1 KZ FP, 1 GE 6500k

120 sps dominant (48 x 30 x 20) 8 x 54 powermodule
5 Blue+, 1 KZ FP, 1 GE 6500k, 1 KZ New generation

thoughts?

 

[Acropora52]

Actually, on further review, thinking of the following combo:

6 bulb:
4 B+, 1 AB SP, 1 P+ versus 3B+, 1 AB SP, 1 P+, 1 Actinic

8 bulb
4 B+, 2 AB SP, 1 KZ FP, 1 KZ Coral Light versus 4B+, 2 AB SP, 1 KZ FP, and 1 KZ New Gen