Best combination for a 36'' Nova Extreme Pro

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  1. pgreef

    pgreef Fire Goby

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    Not sure what you are asking here. 36" bulbs will be 39W. You cannot put a 95W bulb into these as they would be way too long.

    Hope this helps.
     
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  3. pgreef

    pgreef Fire Goby

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    Can you give a link to where you saw this? I can't find it.
     
  4. lightningfront

    lightningfront Spaghetti Worm

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    I have a 36" Nova Extreme Pro on a 46 gallon bowfront tank. I am currently running the standard bulbs but have been reading that he current bulbs are not that good so I placed and order earlier in the week for some new bulbs. I was reading a lot of threads on here and ended up ordering:

    2x ATI 12000K Aquablue Specials
    2x ATI Blue Plus
    1x UVL 75/25 14000K
    1x KZ Fiji Purple

    Hopefully this gives me some nice PAR also the look that I am after.

    I will post pictures when the bulbs arrive. Should be a blueish to light purpleish look if it's too purple i will replace eithrer the 75/25 or the fiji purple with a midday bulb.
     
  5. fazool666

    fazool666 Sea Dragon

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    I have a 36" Nova Extreme T-5 but with 4 bulbs instead and I hate the current bulbs I'm running. Any recommendations? I have lots of polyp corals, mushrooms and waving hand xenia along with a bulb tip anemone.
     
  6. lightningfront

    lightningfront Spaghetti Worm

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    What look are you looking for? The higher K rating on the bulbs you get will make the tank blue to purple if you go high enough.

    ATI, geismann, UVL, and KZ seem to make the bulbs with the highest PAR ratings, the Current bulbs suck.

    From my research I found Most people run 2 ATI aqua blue, and 2 ATI blue plus on a 4 bulb fixture or swap one of the blue plus for a KZ fiji purple. This gives a blueish look to the water.

    If you want whiter go with a geismann midday bulb is place of one of the blue plus bulbs.
     
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  7. LCP136

    LCP136 Sailfin Tang

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    I've heard of plenty of people who run UVL in Nova fixtures.
     
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  9. fazool666

    fazool666 Sea Dragon

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    cool deal I'm gonna try what you suggested - anything is better than what came with it (I hope)

    thanks for the info!
     
  10. lightningfront

    lightningfront Spaghetti Worm

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    Just thought Id share my new bulb pics.

    From front
    UVL 75/25
    ATI Blue Plus
    ATI Aquablue
    KZ Fiji Purple
    ATI Blue Plus
    ATI ATI AquaBlue

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