Needing to replace my T5HO bulbs

[kingpin9995]

Hey guys and gals, I need to replace my T5's in my Current Nova Supreme 20 inch fixture. It has 6 bulbs and am running the stock bulbs that came with the fixture which consists of three actincs and three whites. It is over my 54 gal corner bowfront. Had to go with the shorter unit to be able to place it over my tank which being a corner bowfront you don't have alot of length. I would like to have more blue and the corals popping a bit more. I've heard the ATI bulbs are good. Could someone give me a nice combo to what I am looking for?

Also I was thinking of trying to get some shimmer with possible the Ecoxotic Panorama module. Thinking of one on the front of my fixture affixed to the bottome edge of it. Anyone used these and gotten shimmer. Ive used the stunner strips by Ecoxotic but the shimmer really only showed with the actincs on and not much at all with the whites on. I also heard the newer Panorama strip gets hotter so heat is a concern being so close to the water.. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

 

[skrillnet]

Dunno about the shimmer thing, but I would suggest you go with geissmann bulbs. They are very bright and extremely high quality bulbs

 

[Matthewbrian316]

try ATI bulbs too and 1 purple up

 

[a.browning]

Definately go ATI, highest PAR bulbs you can get. The common recommendation in the lighting thread is 4 ATI blue+, 1 ATI purple plus, and a GE 6500K bulb. This seems to be an excellent combination for growth and color.

 

[kingpin9995]

That sounds like a great combo and just what I am looking for. Now the dilemma. I've looked up sites to buy these and my problem is my Current Nova Extreme T5 fixture is the 20 inch model. It takes bulbs that are 16 3'8 inches in the 20 inch fixture. All of the sites I looked at the bulbs start at 24 inch.... Does this company even make the shorter bulb? It sure does not seem like it from what I have researched...