How Blue Will This Be??

Defect · Aug 29, 2014

Im going to be picking up a 6x24 ati dimmable sunpower fixture next month and I am wondering about the combo. I am sure this gets asked a lot but here is what I am thinking. Switching from LED's....just to much variable's with LED's. Will probably throw some reefbrites on though as well.

KZ Fiji Purple
ati coral plus
ati blue plus
KZ fiji purple
ati coral plus
ati blue plus

I am not wanting anything to crazy blue but more like natural light with a touch of blue. I figured the 2 coral plus would keep the blue plus and purple in check. If anyone has a combo that sounds like what I am talking about go ahead and share it with me and if you can it would be great if you could post a picture of what your tank look like with the light.

Thanks,

Aaron

Defect · Aug 29, 2014

Anybody?

Reefing Madness · Aug 29, 2014

Without a white lamp to stabilize, I'd think that it would be very blue.

Defect · Aug 29, 2014

I thought for some reason that the coral plus was a whiteish bulb. Just gonna have to look through a buncha build threads and see whos combo I like best.

Thanks

Reefing Madness · Aug 29, 2014

I believe the coral plus is a 15k lamp, so its in the blue range itself. There are alot of people that run all blue lamps, its all in the eye, it won't hurt the tank at all running what you've got in mind.

Battlecorals · Aug 29, 2014

personally not a big fan of the coral plus. kind of weird pinkish to me. i may sub in one aqua blue special and one pure actinic for those two. just my opinion though.

Defect · Aug 29, 2014

Battlecorals said:
personally not a big fan of the coral plus. kind of weird pinkish to me. i may sub in one aqua blue special and one pure actinic for those two. just my opinion though.

Wont that make it super super blue? I have never delt with t5's so no idea what bulb does what. Thanks fo the replies.

Pete polyp · Aug 29, 2014

Blue+
Blue+
Coral+
Pure actinic
Purple+
Blue+

It's actually more white in person. I would suggest more blue+ than your current plan. My next bulb change I will be using 4 blue+, 1 coral+ and 1 pure actinic. Yes the coral+ has a funky reddish tint to it by itself, but I like it more than the purple+

Pete polyp · Aug 29, 2014

Adam is right. If it was an sps only tank I would use aquablue special. It made the sps colors crazy nice but turned my rainbow acans red and orange. That's the only reason I'm not using one.

Defect · Aug 29, 2014

Thanks for the pic pete. That is not thats not a bad blue plus you say its a little whiter in person. I will take out one coral plus and throw a aqua blue special in there and see how that works out. Maybe kick one of the KZ purples for another blue+...plus the KZ purples are almost twice the cost. I can always change them out if I dont like it anyway.

Pete polyp · Aug 29, 2014

The aquablue special will make it white as snow. It will completely wash out any blue. Lets say my picture looks 20k in the picture for reference, but in reality its 15k. The camera on my phone picks up on the blue.