please show me your t5 only sps tanks
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shred5
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I tried the purple plus and do not like it, it gives a wahsed out color, maybe combined with something different it would look better.. . I like the uvl aquasun better for red and so far have not found anything I like better.
Did you try fiji purple?
Right now I run
ATI Blue plus (good, standard blue color)
ATI Aquablue Special (I like it, but it really washes out some of the colors)
KZ Fiji Purple (fantastic color from this bulb, reds, greens, yellows, and purples all pop.)
KZ Superblue (love the color, like a blue plus but whiter)
If I had to swap one, it would be the aquablue special. What could I put in its place? I'm asking here because I want to get some different responses than what I'll in the T5 Q&A thread (go all ATI, and don't look back).
Right now I run
ATI Blue plus (good, standard blue color)
ATI Aquablue Special (I like it, but it really washes out some of the colors)
KZ Fiji Purple (fantastic color from this bulb, reds, greens, yellows, and purples all pop.)
KZ Superblue (love the color, like a blue plus but whiter)
If I had to swap one, it would be the aquablue special. What could I put in its place? I'm asking here because I want to get some different responses than what I'll in the T5 Q&A thread (go all ATI, and don't look back).
mark54321
Active member
This picture is taken under 4 bulbs (my sunrise and sunset) on,front to back:
ATI Blue Plus
KZ Fiji Purple
KZ New Generation (I love this bulb)
ATI Blue Plus.
The Fiji Purple is right abowe those orange,red corals,that's why they "pop"
When all bulbs are on color is more white in range about 12K-14K. To see full combo or any other questions visit my thread:http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1872242
ATI Blue Plus
KZ Fiji Purple
KZ New Generation (I love this bulb)
ATI Blue Plus.
The Fiji Purple is right abowe those orange,red corals,that's why they "pop"
When all bulbs are on color is more white in range about 12K-14K. To see full combo or any other questions visit my thread:http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1872242
jc-reef
New member
Like what Mark said...try the KZ New Gen bulb in place of the ATI AB Spec. You will be happy....I promise!!! You won't get that yellowish washout that the ATI AB Spec gives you. I had your exact set up and switched out the AB for the KZ New Gen and will never go back.
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spsreeflover
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JG1
New member
Definitely the kz new gen. Much better than the ab special.
Which do you prefer, the B+ or Superblue?
JG1
New member
PA and Reefgeek, but PA charges a box fee and reefgeek doesn't so I buy my bulbs there.
What bulb combo are you running and what combo were you running when you said your colors were better?
Logzor
New member
Back when I had really great color was back in early 2010. I'm not 100% sure was I was running. I believe it was 4 blue+ and 1 Fiji Purple.
I had pretty decent color before the tank move, too...when all my corals were in the stock tank, also 4 blue+ and 1 Fiji Purple I believe.
I have been run 1 actinic, 1 fiji purple, 4 blue+, 1 AB special. I have a 7 bulb fixture but in the past I was only running 5.
I am fairly certain now that the AB Special is causing the problem. Every system is different and I think in mine this bulb just screws everything up.
Here is a pic from the old tank, now this coral is very washed out, polyps aren't that orange, and the base is pretty white:
JG1
New member
slightly less white? thebanker said it's like blue plus but whiter.
Logzor
New member
I wish bulkreefsupply had them, when I get in on the powerbuys I can save a ton. Looks like reefgeek is the best bet.
PA would be great because they are so close...but shipping + box charge is gona kill me. Do they still use those dumb triangle boxes? Could never fixture out why they never switched to something simple like what reefgeek and other vendors use.
JG1
New member
Back when I had really great color was back in early 2010. I'm not 100% sure was I was running. I believe it was 4 blue+ and 1 Fiji Purple.
I had pretty decent color before the tank move, too...when all my corals were in the stock tank, also 4 blue+ and 1 Fiji Purple I believe.
I have been run 1 actinic, 1 fiji purple, 4 blue+, 1 AB special. I have a 7 bulb fixture but in the past I was only running 5.
I am fairly certain now that the AB Special is causing the problem. Every system is different and I think in mine this bulb just screws everything up.
Here is a pic from the old tank, now this coral is very washed out, polyps aren't that orange, and the base is pretty white:
I was running 4 B+ and 2 FP and I loved the color. It's just very pleasing to look at. Corals were doing good under this combo. I kind of convinced myself that I was missing out on some of the beneficial spectrums of a daylight bulb. I pretty much tried every combo I possibly could and settled on this:
Front
B+
UVL actinic
FP
New Gen
UVL actinic
B+
I think of all the combo's I've tried with a daylight bulb, this is the most pleasing to the eye.
I did see a beautiful tank though that ran a 1:1:1 ratio of B+, New Gen, FP. I want to give it a try for the heck of it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlET5OoY_xU
Honestly though, I've seen tanks like this http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2026498 that run 4 ab specials and two actinics, you'd think everything would look really washed out but the corals look great. I think it's more about water quality.
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