The Grim Reefer
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Should look fine but if you can score a Giesemann Midday I'd add that into the mix near the middle.
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Should look fine but if you can score a Giesemann Midday I'd add that into the mix near the middle.
LCDRDATA
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Am I correct in assuming this also answers a previous question, i.e., Giesemann Midday and GE 6500K are effectively interchangeable? Thanks.
TropTrea
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Yes and no.
There are various wide spectrum bulbs out there which are similar yet slightly different. The Mid Day has a little more Atinic Lighting than the GE 6,500. However both of these bulbs do produce a bet more red and yellow than most of the other full spectrum bulbs especially those rated at 10,000K and above. When bulbs are rated they do it basically by comparing the amount of blue, green and red light that the bulbs create. Generally speaking the bulbs with a higher red ratio are rated at lower K temps and those with more predominant Blue light are rated at higher K temps. There is a lot more than this involved however it is probably the simplest explanation without writing a book on it.
lrvargas
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Hi grim reefer, I have a 75 gallon tank and a 6x54w Tek. I added a reef bright LED bar, the tank has SPS, LPS and Zoas and would like a good combination bulbs for growth and color since I'm changing light bulbs and not which to buy to match the LEDs and also if you could help me to the lamp height in the tank . Thanks for your help will be grateful and forgive the writing I'm using google translate:headwally:.
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Hi grim reefer, I have a 75 gallon tank and a 6x54w Tek. I added a reef bright LED bar, the tank has SPS, LPS and Zoas and would like a good combination bulbs for growth and color since I'm changing light bulbs and not which to buy to match the LEDs and also if you could help me to the lamp height in the tank . Thanks for your help will be grateful and forgive the writing I'm using google translate:headwally:.
Looking for some advice and info here.
I have a 24" 6 lamp T-5 for my 37g. It is the aquatic life fixture. I think the tank is 24 in deep. Fixture is tank mounted with bulbs about 3" from surface.
My bulbs are
1 ATI AquaBlue special
2 ATI Blue Plus
3 ATI True Actinic 03
I run the actinics about 8 hours per day, and the Aquablue special and Blue Plus about 5 hours per day. This tank has been up about two months now. The first corals I bought were a favia, a fungia plate, and a Blasto.
The Blasto is basically is 2" from the bottom, the Favia is mounted on the LR about 4" from bottom. The fungia is on the sand.
The favia bleached badly after going in tank. At that time I had the photoperiod at about 10 hours per day for all bulbs. The fungia also bleached pretty badly.The Blast never really did inflate since I got it. It did not bleach though. I thought they were getting too much light so I cut back the Aquablue and the Blue Plus back to only 5 hours / day. Since then, the color in the Fungia is looking good again, the Favia is on the mend as well. The Blasto still doesn't open, but doesn't look any worse.
I want to add some more LPS and some SPS like Monticap and the hardier SPS varieties. Is this lighting to strong? I never had these issues when I used a 150W halide with PC actinics on this tank. I bought the T-5's because I liked the lower power consumption and less heat.
I think they are sunburning my tank though. Would different bulb assortment help? At this photopoeriod do I have enough light for SPS. Seems like If I lengthen my photoperiod for SPS I will burn my LPS.
I have a 24" 6 lamp T-5 for my 37g. It is the aquatic life fixture. I think the tank is 24 in deep. Fixture is tank mounted with bulbs about 3" from surface.
My bulbs are
1 ATI AquaBlue special
2 ATI Blue Plus
3 ATI True Actinic 03
I run the actinics about 8 hours per day, and the Aquablue special and Blue Plus about 5 hours per day. This tank has been up about two months now. The first corals I bought were a favia, a fungia plate, and a Blasto.
The Blasto is basically is 2" from the bottom, the Favia is mounted on the LR about 4" from bottom. The fungia is on the sand.
The favia bleached badly after going in tank. At that time I had the photoperiod at about 10 hours per day for all bulbs. The fungia also bleached pretty badly.The Blast never really did inflate since I got it. It did not bleach though. I thought they were getting too much light so I cut back the Aquablue and the Blue Plus back to only 5 hours / day. Since then, the color in the Fungia is looking good again, the Favia is on the mend as well. The Blasto still doesn't open, but doesn't look any worse.
I want to add some more LPS and some SPS like Monticap and the hardier SPS varieties. Is this lighting to strong? I never had these issues when I used a 150W halide with PC actinics on this tank. I bought the T-5's because I liked the lower power consumption and less heat.
I think they are sunburning my tank though. Would different bulb assortment help? At this photopoeriod do I have enough light for SPS. Seems like If I lengthen my photoperiod for SPS I will burn my LPS.
Froggy
Reef "Hobbyist"...right!?
With a 24" deep tank and 3 actinic bulbs I do not think the lighting is too strong. You could raise the fixture a couple of inches higher off of the tank and see if the LPS improve. If you start adding SPS, I would ditch the actinic bulbs for higher PAR blue plus and purple plus bulbs anyway.
TropTrea
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I will agree that there is no way the lighting should be excessive for your tank. The only thing I can think of is that Atinics are producing too much UV lighting but even that is very doubtful. The usual culperate is an excess of red light around 685nm however with the bulbs your listing you should not be much if any light in that range.
The 5very short mid day lighting period is also interesting since usualy this ends up in the 8 to 10 hour range. With three atinica I would cut back on the atinic lighting with one more blue plus bulb and one purple plus bulb. Change these out one at a time and slowly increase your lighting cycle by about 1/2 hour every week till you get to about 8 hours on your midday lights..
Sudden changes are worst for corals than excessive or insufficient light as they do not have time to adjust to the lighting changes. If these are new corals from a LFS they probably were kept under minimal lighting and had adjusted to that. But otherwise I would suspect something else is wrong rather than excessive lighting.
Thanks for the advice. The bleaching happened so fast and got better so fast after I changed the photoperiod is was a little perplexed. I never though with T5's I could have too much light. I do think I will take out one of the Actinics,
I forgot to mention I also put in a Trachyphilia at the same time and it did awesome from the get go.
I forgot to mention I also put in a Trachyphilia at the same time and it did awesome from the get go.
sneaton
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im in the process of setting up a 48x24x12 frag tank....im looking at the ati fixtures....i see the new sunpower has a fan now...is the new sunpower effecient at cooling the bulbs or should i get the pm? also im wanting to grow out lps and sps,so should i get the 36"x6 fixture and keep the lps around the edges or should i get the 48x6? thanks for your help
aleonn
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I'm getting new bulbs for a 8 x 80W Tek Light fixture. Looking for icy white/blue look for mainly LPS, soft corals/zoas, and a couple of clams. I'm thinking of:
2 x ATI Coral Plus (OR 1 x ATI Coral Plus and 1 x KZ New Generation)
2 x ATI Purple Plus
4 x ATI Blue Plus
I'm either going to order from Reef Geek (which has the KZ New Generation) or BRS. Any thoughts or advise is appreciated, thanks!
2 x ATI Coral Plus (OR 1 x ATI Coral Plus and 1 x KZ New Generation)
2 x ATI Purple Plus
4 x ATI Blue Plus
I'm either going to order from Reef Geek (which has the KZ New Generation) or BRS. Any thoughts or advise is appreciated, thanks!
jgraz
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Thanks again.
TropTrea
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Is this strictly a frag grow out tank or is it also a display tank? If it is a Frag only tank you can easily have your lights to the rear of front of the tank over the SPS and the LPS corals in the more shared areas. Now saying this I''m assuming that the 12" dimension you listed is the height of the tank.
If the tank is 24" tall then you have the height to work with where the LPS corals can be on the bottom partially shaded by the SPS near the top.
But also keep in mind just because a coral is a SPS or LPS does not in itself determine its lighting requirements. Some SPS corals require less light than some LPS. It is a broad statement that on average that LPS corals require less light but you need to consider the requirement of the individual coral.
TropTrea
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I have not heard any reports yet of knowledgale people using the Coral Plus but can only go by there advertised Color Spectrum at this time. From what I have seen for far the 2 Coral Plus Bullbs should work fine. or you could consider not using the Coral Plus but going with another Blue Plus and a GE 6,500K or the New Generation with another Plue Plus.
From what I see in the advertised Spectrum the Coral Plus is a full spectrum bulb but extremly heavey in its Blue part of the Spectrum compared to what it putting out in other areas. It may be a great stand alone bulb where you have several of them. Only after hearing reports and someone running an unbiased spectrum on it will we realy know.
PortlandReefer
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I built the hood but end up doing 8 T-5 and the LED's not sure what to run for extra to. What I really like about this the ramp up and down I'm only running the LED's 5 hours a day. Here is how it came out.
They look like the cheap one but we just used the housing.
Would like the reds to pop more.
Blue Plus
Purple Plus
LED
GE 6500K
Blue Plus
????
????LED
Purple Plus
Blue Plus
mattsilvester
Team RC
Hi all - I posted that above previously. If anyone could help it would be appreciated.
Thanks.
alessandro
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ATI Powermodule 10x80w.
bulbs:
6x ATI Blue Plus
2X ATI Purple Plus
2X Giesemann Midday (GE6500k is not on option here)
What do you think about?
bulbs:
6x ATI Blue Plus
2X ATI Purple Plus
2X Giesemann Midday (GE6500k is not on option here)
What do you think about?
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