sps and t5?

[jerl77]

does anybody have luck with it
it seem my sps are all going blue on me under t5
when i had mh colors where wow
i am running an 8 bulb tek fixure
with 3 12k bulbs one fujii purple
and 4 blue plus i like the look of the bulbs just seems that all the corals are turn more blue?:blown:

 

[Denadai]

I´m using 2x blue plus, 3 x aquablue special and 1 x fiji purple

Here I have all the colors...blue, green, red, pink, yellow...

best regards

 

[dmyers557]

I would suggest staying away from sps unless you get MH lighting again.

 

[divewsharks]

I would suggest staying away from sps unless you get MH lighting again.

Why?? this is a completely inaccurate statement. You can keep whatever you want with the proper T5 setup.

 

[divewsharks]

does anybody have luck with it
it seem my sps are all going blue on me under t5
when i had mh colors where wow
i am running an 8 bulb tek fixure
with 3 12k bulbs one fujii purple
and 4 blue plus i like the look of the bulbs just seems that all the corals are turn more blue?:blown:

What is the order of your bulbs front/back?
which 12K bulbs are you running Aquablue Specials?

 

[johnanddawn]

i have been playing with my lighting as well for a similar reason - i believe that the 450 spectrum of blue + bulb don't pop green or red (yellows, pinks, purples, and blues are fine) maybe i am running too many looking at denadai's combo - hmmmm
this is what i have done:
- i replaced an aquablue with aquasun and it helped
- i added 2 uv actinics 420's (not sold on them though, maybe i'll keep 1 but change the other back to an aquablue today)
- i have found powerbright actinic LED's really pop the colors in my LPS and will be getting 2 more to shine on the SPS and feel they will help at least the greens big time and possibly some other flourescing pigments as well
since the actinic T5's tend to be such low par bulbs maybe the answer lies in supping the actinic with LED's instead
current combo f --> b: (cube tank with front half LPS and zoas - thats why so blue up front)
2 power bright actinics
actinic
blue +
actinic
blue +
aquasun
blue +
aquablue
blue +
soon to be 2 powerbright actincs

 

[divewsharks]

i have been playing with my lighting as well for a similar reason - i believe that the 450 spectrum of blue + bulb don't pop green or red (yellows, pinks, purples, and blues are fine) maybe i am running too many looking at denadai's combo - hmmmm
this is what i have done:
- i replaced an aquablue with aquasun and it helped
- i added 2 uv actinics 420's (not sold on them though, maybe i'll keep 1 but change the other back to an aquablue today)
- i have found powerbright actinic LED's really pop the colors in my LPS and will be getting 2 more to shine on the SPS and feel they will help at least the greens big time and possibly some other flourescing pigments as well
since the actinic T5's tend to be such low par bulbs maybe the answer lies in supping the actinic with LED's instead
current combo f --> b: (cube tank with front half LPS and zoas - thats why so blue up front)
2 power bright actinics
actinic
blue +
actinic
blue +
aquasun
blue +
aquablue
blue +
soon to be 2 powerbright actincs

I personally don't use pure actinics. I would add a KZ Fiji Purple (very good for pinks/purples/reds -- could also use a UVL Actinic White) and/or a couple more AquaBlue Specials.
I used the Aquasun in the past, and more recently used the GE6500, ultimately found I didn't need it.

 

[TheMikey]

I would suggest staying away from sps unless you get MH lighting again.

I would suggest staying away from T5HO threads unless you give the wrong advice on MH lighting again.

As to the OP, I don't think there's any issue with the colours changing on your sticks. More than likely the increased intensity of light is affecting the bacteria creation on the sps which is what's causing the change of colour. Nothing to worry about, its just the natural reaction to the light.

In addition to the Actinics, if you like the colour spectrum, I would suggest looking at some UVL Actinic+ bulbs so you can get the colour and the PAR.

 

[jerl77]

yes aquablue specials

What is the order of your bulbs front/back?
which 12K bulbs are you running Aquablue Specials?

 

[sminker]

heres mine. 6x80 watt retro. aquablues, blue+'s, and a fiji purple. seems to work good for me.

http://www.youtube.com/user/sminker81#p/a/u/0/4fQ7yWZ4LwY

 

[sminker]

:uzi:

I would suggest staying away from sps unless you get MH lighting again.

 

[adambirk]

sps will do great under t5s. i switched from 2 250 watt halides with t5 attinics to a 48" constilation t5 fixture and had to reduce my lights down to 6 hours and slowly bring them back up over a month cause i bleached about 75% of my sps corals in my tank. i dont have a par meter but i can tell you that my t5s deffinently are alot stronger across my tank than my halides. also i dont have to worry about hot spots and spots with low par. t5s give a much more even spread of the light in my tank. i do miss the shimmer though. but not having such a heat issue is well worth it.

 

[returnofsid]

I would suggest staying away from sps unless you get MH lighting again.

I would suggest you learn more about the lighting needs of SPS corals, AND the abilities of T5HO lighting!!

 

[elite401]

The European guys would laugh hard at the notion that you cant grow beautiful and colorful SPS under T5HO.

I'm going to assume that guy is just trolling

 

[JMalone81]

does anybody have luck with it
it seem my sps are all going blue on me under t5
when i had mh colors where wow
i am running an 8 bulb tek fixure
with 3 12k bulbs one fujii purple
and 4 blue plus i like the look of the bulbs just seems that all the corals are turn more blue?:blown:

What size tank do you have?

 

[Manwolf]

I have a tek 4 bulb fixture of over my 30g. I had my fixture too low and it burned my corals... that shows you that t5s are powerful.

 

[Denadai]

I would suggest staying away from sps unless you get MH lighting again.

:wildone::wildone::wildone:

my nano with T5

 

[sfboarders]

I saved this post which gives me inspiration with T5's

 

[mcliffy2]

does anybody have luck with it
it seem my sps are all going blue on me under t5
when i had mh colors where wow
i am running an 8 bulb tek fixure
with 3 12k bulbs one fujii purple
and 4 blue plus i like the look of the bulbs just seems that all the corals are turn more blue?:blown:

Here is 17 pages of people having success

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&postid=9599709

 

[reefsic]

I would suggest staying away from sps unless you get MH lighting again.

You can keep anything under T5's!!!