T5 ho 4 bulb set up

[tmac18]

I've never owned a t5 set up. My bulbs just came in and I got 2 10k and 2 actinic. Boy it seems bright. Lol I have a 65 gallon tank. I know I can do what I want with the bulbs but if I did 3 actinic and 1 10k would that still be enough light for corals? Mostly softies. But I really like that blue hue the water has with the bulbs. I currently only have fish in there and not ready to add corals yet. While I was waiting for the bulbs to come in I only had 1 working actinic bulb and I loved how it looked. What if I did all actinic bulbs??? Would that even work with corals? Tons of questions. Sorry.

 

[Sabellafella]

It should be fine depending on how far the fixture is from the sandbed and placement of corals but may i ask how many inches are the bulb?

 

[Sabellafella]

Btw if its softys and lps most deffinitly yes

 

[tmac18]

Fixture is screwed into the canopy. 36 inch bulbs.

 

[EW_Fish]

So actinic bulbs are low par and look dim to our eyes but corals take a lot of that spectrum in. If you like a blue look and arent doing a full blown sps tank you can do 3 ati blue pluss and 1 ati coral plus. 10k bulbs are washing out your blue bulbs

 

[tmac18]

Would a 6500k be better?

 

[EW_Fish]

No your going whiter the lower you go. 20k is blueish.

 

[mfinn]

IMO you should replace the actinic bulbs with ATI Blue Plus bulbs. Get growth and the blue with them.