skyshrimp
New member
Well for a while now I've been running my ati sunpower with all 6 bulbs. But for the last 3 days I've been running only 4 bulbs and it seem I have better pe on my sps corals and the pale and dieing war coral that I have is getting redder and redder with bight green centers day after day.
I run them 8 hrs a day with with good flow. Everything in my tank just looks happier now that its not gettin blasted with light. I have the sunpower 12" above the tank and the corals seem to respond better. I may lower it after some time to see how everything responds. My bulb combo is this:
Front to back
Blue plus
Aquablue
Fiji purple
Blue plus
Things just look better all around, with all 6 bulbs running acros would not extend all the way. Now all polyps are out on all sps, and lps are nice and fluffy. Just wanna know if anyone has had the same experience as I have and what were the long term results. Did corals grow better or are they just reaching for more light? I've heard of and seen tanks grow sps excellently under 4 bulbs and the sps weren't directly under the fixture. Anyone with some input I would be glad to hear from you.
I run them 8 hrs a day with with good flow. Everything in my tank just looks happier now that its not gettin blasted with light. I have the sunpower 12" above the tank and the corals seem to respond better. I may lower it after some time to see how everything responds. My bulb combo is this:
Front to back
Blue plus
Aquablue
Fiji purple
Blue plus
Things just look better all around, with all 6 bulbs running acros would not extend all the way. Now all polyps are out on all sps, and lps are nice and fluffy. Just wanna know if anyone has had the same experience as I have and what were the long term results. Did corals grow better or are they just reaching for more light? I've heard of and seen tanks grow sps excellently under 4 bulbs and the sps weren't directly under the fixture. Anyone with some input I would be glad to hear from you.