T-5 Bulbs Which are better to replace with?

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Time to replace bulbs 48 inch long
I have ATI and they are
2-coral plus
2 blue plus
1 purple plus
1-aquablue special


Should i stay with the same or change to a different brand like [h=2]KORALLEN-ZUCHT or[/h][h=1]Giesemann[/h]
What do people think are the best, I cant complain bout the ATI i have but not sure if theres better
 
I would do 3 ATI Blue + and 1 Coral +

Blue+
Blue+
Coral+
Blue+
 
Reefgeek is having ATI bulbs 20% off on black friday.

I reccomend 3-blue+,1coral+ or 1purple+. This will give you 18-20k look.
 
Reefgeek is having ATI bulbs 20% off on black friday.

I reccomend 3-blue+,1coral+ or 1purple+. This will give you 18-20k look.

cool reefgeeks

Ill check them out

I appreciate that ,Ive never ordered from them but ill give them a try
 
I've read a lot of people like:
1 purple plus
1 coral plus
4 blue plus
Apparently the blue plus has a lot of PAR and gives good growth.
 
I've read a lot of people like:
1 purple plus
1 coral plus
4 blue plus
Apparently the blue plus has a lot of PAR and gives good growth.
Well the blue does penetrate the water deeper so it might need to do some research i guess
 
just realized it was 6 bulbs.....

blue+
Coral+
Blue+
Blue+
Coral+
Blue+

yes they give off plenty of par for growth. i know guys that have sps dominated tanks with this combo....
 
just realized it was 6 bulbs.....

blue+
Coral+
Blue+
Blue+
Coral+
Blue+

yes they give off plenty of par for growth. i know guys that have sps dominated tanks with this combo....

well I got pretty good amount of SPS but just seems like growth is really slow.
 
I really like ati bulbs and the coral plus and blue plus are the high par bulbs. I have 120 galllon sps dominate and run a 8 bulb ati sunpower 48 inch fixture. My bulb combo
Blue plus
Purple plus
Blue plus
Blue plus
Coral plus
Blue plus
Coral plus
Blue plus
I get good color and growth on everything.
 
Im not geting bad color but still little frags.I wish they hurry up and grow..
 

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Everything looking good. Sometimes it just seems like forever before they grow but then they just take off.
 
Everything looking good. Sometimes it just seems like forever before they grow but then they just take off.

well for the last 2 weeks i have been fighting with Alk trying to find out what amount to dose,so far im up to about 75ml a day of Soda Ash..,I can tell a little that they look better since I have been dosing..
 
well for the last 2 weeks i have been fighting with Alk trying to find out what amount to dose,so far im up to about 75ml a day of Soda Ash..,I can tell a little that they look better since I have been dosing..
Yeah when you get your dosing amount figured out an get alk, ca, and mag steady I think you will see better growth.
 
I got 4 blue +, a coral + and a purple +... also ordered an extra geisseman midday sun to see how i like that vs. the coral +
 

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