Lighting help

[Tbird165]

I'm running 4 t5 bulbs. Right now all I have is 4 daylight bulbs. What 4 bulbs should I use?

 

[twilliard]

It is all dependant in what is in the tank.
do you have a list?

 

[Tbird165]

There is nothing in the tank but water and rock right now. Just set the tank up a week ago.

It is a 55 gal tank with about 40lbs rock.

Looking to have zoa's , mushrooms, and a couple other things. Also going to have a couple fish in the tank

 

[twilliard]

Well for now those lamps will be just fine for a few months.
I would add some actinic later on to bring out the color of future corral and fish
When I was running t5 lamps I just had to play around a bit till I found the right mixture of lamps

 

[Tbird165]

I was thinking of adding a 50/50 bulb and a full actinic bulb. Would that work?

 

[twilliard]

In my old 4 I ran 2 5050's and 2 actinics but has a 250w in the middle.
I know the lamps are spendy for what they are so 1 actinic without HQI may be decent looking

 

[Tbird165]

Thanks for the info. Still got about 3 weeks before I really need the lights but at least now I know what to start looking for