Need help with T5 bulb selection

[mehaffydr]

I have built this lite rack to hold my LED's but I want to add some T5's. I ordered 2 Reefbrite single 24" LED lights from BRS that should be here any day but have to get bulbs. I am placing the T5's in between the LED'S in those small spaces so they will run the depth of my tank from front to back about 18" in from each end. The tank is 60" x 36" x 24". I currently have 4 Mars aqua LED's and one older black box I've had for years. I think that it is a little too blue and just can't decide what to put in the T5's that will be best for the coral. I have a mixed reef SPS and LPS no softies.

This is the rack

This is it over the tank.
Thanks for any suggestions.

 

[ReefingwithO]

This is something that you'll have to experiment with or go and see someone's tank in person and match their bulb combinations.

I tried basing it off photos and what BRS recommended for the aquatic life hybrid fixture but only until I experimented with a few combinations I got the ones I like.

4 bulb unit - 3 x ATI Blue Plus mixed with a single ATI Actinic

 

[dragon99]

If you don't want it too be overly blue, try an ATI Coral+ or Purple+, The coral is a crisper blue-white, the purple is bit redder.

 

[jda]

Purple Plus, 10k or 6500k would be good. UVL Actinic White would be my choice... nice pop and a whiteish look. They also can pop pinks, purples and blues (in a non-blacklight way). The Purple Plus is a copy of the Actinic White, just not quite as good IMO. 6500k would render more color than the others, but it is quite yellow to some - the panels can balance this out. I do use 6500k bulbs in my house for color and growth, but I balance them with True Actinics... and only over frag tanks.

 

[mehaffydr]

Thanks for the replies I am going to order a couple different this weekend on the @BRS group buy
During morning and evening when I have only blues from LED’s I would like a little more variety of color I think I’ll try the Coral+ and Purple plus to start