whats the best t5 bulb combination?

[scoobysnack77]

was thinking of switching from metal halides to t5 to play with spectrum a little more. i have a 6 bulb ati fixture and i wanted to pick all of your brains as to which bulbs would make my SPS dominated tank grow and pop

 

[Acro]

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[scoobysnack77]

i guess nobody uses t5's anymore lol

 

[Acro]

They do lol don't worry

 

[TwistedTiger]

It's all a matter of personal preference. I like 2 blue plus, 1 Fiji purple and one super actinic. I would probably add another blue plus and an actinic to a 6 bulb fixture.

 

[Eckolancer]

LEDs retro fitted into a T5 fixture.

 

[CKI]

in my ATI 6 lamp set up, i have 4 ReefSpec Actinic, one bluewhite and one pink. I have a SPS dominant tank and everything seems to be doing well.

 

[lxeroxl]

8 lamps 6 ati blue plus 2 purple pluss , some times ill swap out one of the blue plus's for a coral plus,

 

[ronnie]

I run two blue plus, an actinic, and an aquablue plus on one tank.

The other tank I have two blue plus two actinics, and a bank of LEDs. Best colors ever with this combo.

 

[Jonreefer]

i have 4 bulb unit and to me 3 Blue+ and a coral+ look perfect if I had 6bulb i would run 4 blue+ and 2 coral+

 

[J062682l]

I run 2 Red Sea blues,a red sea pink, and a blue and white. Good color and growth so far

 

[jeremy]

4 blue plus 2 coral plus. Or 4 blue 2 purple. Both good combos for sps tank.

 

[scoobysnack77]

Thank you everyone I'm making the switch from metal halide radiums not because I'm not pleased, i just want to play around with spectrum a bit and believe it or not , my halides leave shadows in my tank and don't cover my entire 75 gallon. as for t5 bulbs for my SPS's i was thinking of trying 4 blue+'s , 1 aqua blue special and 1 coral plus. will this be ok?

 

[TwistedTiger]

Sps will do fine under those.

 

[scoobysnack77]

none ever mentions aqua blue specials, is there a reason for that?

 

[Acro]

When I ran them it was the go to one. Maybe things changed lol I know the reefspec bulbs are good

 

[scoobysnack77]

When I ran them it was the go to one. Maybe things changed lol I know the reefspec bulbs are good

everyone keeps telling me to stick with ATI. I'm not familiar with other bulbs. should i look into other bulbs? or is ATI the way to go in your opinion?

 

[scoobysnack77]

what about ATI actinic plus?

 

[Rob&Gab]

Some Red sea bulbs are really good. like the reefSpec 15,000K bulb.

also the reefspec 22,000k witch is a Actinic bulb is really good.

gotten really good color with these 2 in play with my ati bulbs.

 

[Texas Reefer]

What do y'all think about the Geismann T5 bulbs? I recently switched some of the stock "sea world" bulbs I got with my Chinese 6 bulb fixture for some Geismanns. I like them so far, have seen some growth on my LPS. I only have one sps, a milli, which I've had about a month, with no growth. But it otherwise seems happy!