T5 Bulb selection reefgeek

Discussion in 'T5 Aquarium Lighting' started by jzenob, Jun 9, 2009.

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  1. jzenob

    jzenob Coral Banded Shrimp

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  3. bwalker9801

    bwalker9801 Zoanthid

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    Ati's are very good, great par. How about 3 aquablue specials and 3 blue plus that would give a nice blue tint and tons of par.
     
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  4. Screwtape

    Screwtape Tonozukai Fairy Wrasse

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    Half blue and half daylight/aquablue is pretty common. If you think it might be too blue you could always order an extra aquablue since you're going to need to replace bulbs eventually, just keep whatever extra bulb you have for your next bulb change.
     
  5. Dr.Fragenstein

    Dr.Fragenstein Panda Puffer

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    I would go with this combo for white with slightly blue^^^^

    Everyone is beating me to the punch today! Looks like it is time to retire!8)
     
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    papareef Feather Duster

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    When we in canada could get ATI bulbs i ran an equal mix of blue + and aquablue specials.Like the others suggest,great color and growth !!
     
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  9. GuitarMan89

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    I've researched all different colors combinations for T5 bulbs and found the best looking tanks had only about 1/5 - 1/3 white to blue/violet bulbs. I just ordered a Tek 6 bulb fixture and am going to go with two Aquascience 22,000K, two super actinics and for daylight either 2 Geissman Aquablues, 1 UV 10,000 and 1 Geissman, 1 actinic white 12,000 and a giesman or the actinic white and 10,000. I bought from bulkreefsupply.com. I got 6 bulbs for $70, I really only needed two, as I have a four bulb fixture, but I figured why not get the extra four bulbs for only about $20 more.