The T5 Q&a Thread

[Boostable]

Need new bulbs... and looking for a little color change.

Been running the original suggested bulbs for about a year now, the original suggestion was as follows.

Front
Blue Plus
UVL 75/25
Blue Plus
GE 6500k Daylight
Blue Plus
UVL Actinic White
Blue Plus
Blue Plus

Growth has been great, but now Im moving from a growth to more coloration and I am looking for the tank have more blue to make the colors pop... Any suggestions on what I should change?

Thanks,

JW

 

[rtparty]

Need new bulbs... and looking for a little color change.

Been running the original suggested bulbs for about a year now, the original suggestion was as follows.

Front
Blue Plus
UVL 75/25
Blue Plus
GE 6500k Daylight
Blue Plus
UVL Actinic White
Blue Plus
Blue Plus

Growth has been great, but now Im moving from a growth to more coloration and I am looking for the tank have more blue to make the colors pop... Any suggestions on what I should change?

Thanks,

JW

6 ATI Blue Plus and 2 ATI Purple Plus. Maybe grab an ATI Aquablue to play with.

 

[psyrob]

Grim:
What will these look like?
2 ATI blue plus, 1 UVL 75/25, and 1 UVL actinic white?

I am buying a retrokit off someone and these are the bulbs it comes with. You had recommended this for me:
Originally Posted by The Grim Reefer View Post
4 lamp LET retro. 2 ATI Blue Plus, 1 ATI Purple Plus and 1 Aquablue

How different are the looks?
Thanks

 

[The Grim Reefer]

Need new bulbs... and looking for a little color change.

Been running the original suggested bulbs for about a year now, the original suggestion was as follows.

Front
Blue Plus
UVL 75/25
Blue Plus
GE 6500k Daylight
Blue Plus
UVL Actinic White
Blue Plus
Blue Plus

Growth has been great, but now Im moving from a growth to more coloration and I am looking for the tank have more blue to make the colors pop... Any suggestions on what I should change?

Thanks,

JW

Change the two UVL lamps over to ATI purple Plus. Other than that I would use the same lamps again.

 

[The Grim Reefer]

Grim:
What will these look like?
2 ATI blue plus, 1 UVL 75/25, and 1 UVL actinic white?

I am buying a retrokit off someone and these are the bulbs it comes with. You had recommended this for me:
Originally Posted by The Grim Reefer View Post
4 lamp LET retro. 2 ATI Blue Plus, 1 ATI Purple Plus and 1 Aquablue

How different are the looks?
Thanks

That will look like someone chugged a bottle of pepto and puked in your tank :wildone: Well, maybe not quite that bad.

Dump the Actinic White for an ATI Aquablue.

 

[psyrob]

Grim:
Thanks for giving it to me straight!!

 

[rgentry123]

so im looking for a bulb recomendation for my 110 tall tank, my current fixture is an 8 bulb tek light system and i have mainly sps. im lokoing for somthing a little on the bluer end of things to make my colors pop but still would like to see some growth. would this bulb setup be a good option? thanks!

ATI blue plus x5
ATI aquablue special x1
GE 6500K x 1
UVL actinic white x 1

also what would be a good layout for these bulbs?

 

[The Grim Reefer]

so im looking for a bulb recomendation for my 110 tall tank, my current fixture is an 8 bulb tek light system and i have mainly sps. im lokoing for somthing a little on the bluer end of things to make my colors pop but still would like to see some growth. would this bulb setup be a good option? thanks!

ATI blue plus x5
ATI aquablue special x1
GE 6500K x 1
UVL actinic white x 1

also what would be a good layout for these bulbs?

Use a ATI Purple Plus instead of the Actinic White.

BP
Purple Plus
BP
GE
BP
AB
BP
BP

 

[sneaton]

would 4 blue plus and 2 fiji purples be ok for growth and color? are there any drawbacks to using this combo

front
1. blue+
2.blue+
3.fiji
4.blue+
5.fiji
6.blue+

 

[sneaton]

if money was no object then what bulb is better? ati purple+ of kz fiji purple

 

[rtparty]

if money was no object then what bulb is better? ati purple+ of kz fiji purple

The only difference between the two is price.

The KZ might be ever so slightly more pink overall but when Grim tested them they showed up the same on the spectrometer and PAR was about the same.

I just don't think KZ bulbs are worth $10/bulb more. Especially when they won't show any spectrum graphs. Like all of their stuff is "secret".

 

[rtparty]

would 4 blue plus and 2 fiji purples be ok for growth and color? are there any drawbacks to using this combo

front
1. blue+
2.blue+
3.fiji
4.blue+
5.fiji
6.blue+

I love 4 ATI Blue Plus and 2 ATI Purple Plus. So the Fiji's will work as well.

 

[tastydog]

Does anyone know of an 12" HO T5 bulbs besides the ones from UVL? I am looking to build a scrubber but don't really want to use CFL's. I can't use anything larger than the 12" because of the space restrictions I have.

Brandon

 

[rtparty]

Does anyone know of an 12" HO T5 bulbs besides the ones from UVL? I am looking to build a scrubber but don't really want to use CFL's. I can't use anything larger than the 12" because of the space restrictions I have.

Brandon

I am pretty sure UVL is the only company that makes 12" T5HO bulbs.

 

[tastydog]

I am pretty sure UVL is the only company that makes 12" T5HO bulbs.

Thanks for the reply.

 

[rich850]

ati sunpower 6x54 bulb replacement

ati sunpower 6x54 bulb replacement

i have a mixed reef tank some acans a good bit of sps and nice zoas a chalice and a couple acros plan on keeping mostly sps and zoas in the tank what would be a good combination of bulbs for my fixture i bought the fixture used as you advised Grim but the bulbs need to be replaced and i want to get things looking nice thanks for your help its for my 75 gal tank looking for a lot of growth and color

 

[The Grim Reefer]

i have a mixed reef tank some acans a good bit of sps and nice zoas a chalice and a couple acros plan on keeping mostly sps and zoas in the tank what would be a good combination of bulbs for my fixture i bought the fixture used as you advised Grim but the bulbs need to be replaced and i want to get things looking nice thanks for your help its for my 75 gal tank looking for a lot of growth and color

4 blue plus, 1 ATI Purple Plus and a GE 6500K Daylight

 

[chr15_8]

Thanks. In the UK the KZ are £20 ($32.70) and the ATI are £19 ($31.07)! Just noticed on a few us sites that the blue plus is under $20!

Will go with the ATI then.

One last question. Ive just added a small frag tank. 24x 15 x 8 (LxWxD) Ive got 3x T5's above it. Which tubes would be best? I'm thinking a 2x GE6500 with 1x blue plus would be good?

Thanks again.
Chris

Grim, Ryan?

 

[The Grim Reefer]

Grim, Ryan?

2 blues and 1 GE

 

[csal1-175]

ATI Blue Plus
ATI Purple Plus
ATI Blue Plus
GE 6500K Daylight
Blue Plus
Blue Plus

Is this front of tank to rear or the opposite way?