T5 bulbs question..
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joelq
Community Member
Check out The Grim Reefer's website where he's listed a lot of this info. The below link, specifically, talks about the benefits of the various types of color bulbs.
Reef Aquarium Lighting - Lamps and lamp combinations
Great info in there!
Reef Aquarium Lighting - Lamps and lamp combinations
Great info in there!
BattlesReef
Community Member
the blue + will bring out alot of the colors blue, green, yellow, etc
Blue special is a daylight bulb prob close to 12K
the fiji purple IMO brings out reds and orange and all the different shades. If you have a 6 or more bulb fixture I highly recommend running a fiji bulb
divewsharks
Well-Known Member
depending on what color tank you like, the FP or Purple+ is an option even with 4 bulbs. The AB Special is more than a grow bulb, it does have actinic phosphors and is a good all around bulb especially if you don't like too blue a look to your tank.
divewsharks
Well-Known Member
what are your 'regular' lights?
WaBlonde
New Member
I don't even know. The BF deals with that. More of the white lights. We're trying to figure out the MH's too. There's such a variance between the 14,000K and the 20,000K. I'm a newb and still learning.
OP
OP
this is my current bulb combo. I find this combo to work the best for me.
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- ATI Blue + (normal)
- ATI Blue + (overdriven)
- KZ Fiji Purple (overdriven)
- ATI Blue Special (overdriven)
- ATI Blue + (overdriven)
- ATI Blue + (normal)
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- ATI Blue + (normal)
- ATI Blue + (overdriven)
- KZ Fiji Purple (overdriven)
- ATI Blue Special (overdriven)
- ATI Blue + (overdriven)
- ATI Blue + (normal)
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bkss709
Active Member
I run the same combo as Marvin does and i find that i can grow med to low light corals but i do not overdrive any of my bulbs and i have been running this combo for over 2 years now. And i am not saying i can't grow higher light corals and i do but only have limited space for them up high most of my rock work is low. I get great color and great growth with this combo also Marvin how is the Rainbow Acro you got from me at the lansing swap doing in your tank is it coloring up nice for you and thanks for the great trade on that chalice of your she is doing great in my tank.
divewsharks
Well-Known Member
I run:
ATI B+
ATI Purple+
ATI AB Special
ATI B+
ATI AB Special
ATI B+
I run these in an ATI fixture and there is nothing that i can't keep, including clams and SPS down on the sandbed (tank is 25" tall and fixture is 8" above that) I don't like too blue a tank, my tank would be closer to 14K
ATI B+
ATI Purple+
ATI AB Special
ATI B+
ATI AB Special
ATI B+
I run these in an ATI fixture and there is nothing that i can't keep, including clams and SPS down on the sandbed (tank is 25" tall and fixture is 8" above that) I don't like too blue a tank, my tank would be closer to 14K
Harry_Y
Valuable Member
Bingo
On my Display I run:
4 Blue+
3 Blue special
1 Fiji purple
I may trade out 1 of the Blue special for a
Blue+ but I'm still on the fence on that one
On my Frag tank I run 4 Blue+ it looks OK but is very blue.
(not really a problem since it more for growing than display.)
Thanks for posting that link! I didn't know grimreefer had a site, just thought he had the huge thread on rc.
