Need Advice on T5 Lamp selection

[loves saltwater]

I have a 4 lamp 54W T5 setup.My question is what should my mixture of lamps be..I have the following lamps
2-10K
4-12K
2-Super Antics *sp
2-Super Blue

One last question is the order they are in the fixture ?


I have a few SPS and will be adding more.Softies include zoo's,frogspawn,zenia,toadspool and candy coral

Thanks

 

[greenidguy]

mix and match till you find what you like! if it were me i would try 1 10k, 1 super blue, and the 2 super actinics. put the actinics on the outside and the other 2 in the middle. see were that gets ya. if you dont like it, you hav eextra bulbs and the freedom to tinker!

 

[loves saltwater]

I am trying to get growth with my lamp mixture

 

[loves saltwater]

no ideas ?

 

[Wolfmann81]

I agree that with the above post. Perhaps try that, and then an additional 10k (or 12k) in place of one of the central bulbs. I have your same exact fixture from Tek Light, and have found that adding 3 actinic/blue combos made it too blue to my liking. I currently run 2 10k's, and 2 super blues. Instead of the superblues, I think I prefer the super actinics. It is a lighting preference of how much blue you like. I keep my blues on the inside 2, and my whites on the outside (separate ballast).

 

[reefman23]

(2) Super Blues, (1) Super Actinic, (1)10K.

Jesse