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[nick.moldovan]

I am running aquatic life six bulb t5's and i need help with bulb placements i want my corals to pop plus grow im currently running a super actinic,actinic white, vho,54 actinic, and two actinic whites any suggestions on what i should switch out or add to make corals pop and grow bad a** lighting fixture but need help on bulb placement

 

[650-IS350]

Have you read Sanjay's T5 thread? he had some good info on that.

 

[nick.moldovan]

I am new to this sight dont no how to look up threads how do u

 

[Mark9]

Try some ATI's.
Here's what they suggest

16K - 20K - Bluish white with a noticable blue and red under-tone
6-Bulb combination
4 ATI Blue Plus
1 ATI Coral Plus
1 ATI Purple Plus


12K - 16K - Cool white with a noticable blue and red under-tone
6-Bulb combination
3 ATI Blue Plus
2 ATI Coral Plus
1 ATI Purple Plus


10K - 14K - Crisp white with just a hint of blue
6-Bulb combination
3 ATI Blue Plus
2 ATI Aquablue Special
1 ATI Purple Plus


I run
- 3 blue+
- 1 aquablee special
- 1 coral+
- 1 purple+

 

[nick.moldovan]

by this pick can you tell if the spectrum of light is to white or bright

 

[Mark9]

Lighting is very personal, eye of the beholder?
I bought way more bulbs than I needed for my 6 bulb fixture, tried/tweaked the suggestions until I got what i liked.
That's why it's all suggestions.
Watch this series of videos, they may help.
ATI's site lists all the spectrum's for all their bulbs.

 

[650-IS350]

my old Tek 8 buld T5 unit, didn't have a white bulb on it. was a mix of blues, red, purple, blue plus, blue plus plus?, 22K etc.... But it didn't look all blue like what you see in some peoples tanks ran under LED