The T5 Q&a Thread

[The Grim Reefer]

Grim,

I found a bulb combo that is pleasing to my eye. 6 blue plus and 2 fiji purples. My par is 250-300 on the sand bed am I ok to run this combo on a sps tank?

Thanks

Pretty much all the way to the sandbed.

 

[alrha]

Pull the GE for another Blue Plus

you think better to pull the GE and leave 6 B+ and 2 P+?
not better pulling a P+ to keep the full spectrum GE?
Unless both B+ and P+ are both enhancing the colors and the GE is washing them out.
Also have an Aquablue special i can replace the GE with perhaps?

 

[eagle9252]

okies... now that my head really hurts from reading... urgh so many things to think about. I'm new and dont have a clue. here is what I posted in the reef discusion

Ok I know it has been talked to death but one more time. On a 75 tank 4 and 6 bulb mix. What would you use? I'm going to start with 4 bulbs. I have 1 white 12k and 1 actinic blue. I will get 2 more today but which ones? I thought 1 more white and 1 blue but what about a sorta red one? Then what about the other 2 later?

the fixture i have is a 6 bulb with 2 bulbs on one ballast in postion 3 and 4


All i have in the tank is live rock and 4 onxy mis bar clown and 1 blue tang. I have a Kenya tree and soon to have a green zoanthad, think that's what's its called.

like I said I dont have a clue. which ones and where to put them.

 

[kruse_alan]

Does anyone have any experience with the coralvue T5 HO lighting with LED strip? Would a 4x39 unit be enough for sps in a 40 breeder? I noticed it does not have active cooling has anyone modded these before?

Thank you in advance for any advice.

Brad

 

[ken6217]

Hey Grim,
I have 4 bulb ATI Powermodule fixture on my predominately SPS tank. It has two ATI Blue Plus and two ATI Aquablue Special bulbs.

I have just sold it and have a 6 bulb Powermodule on the way. I do like the Blue Plus and the Aquablue Special and want to continue with these.

What do you recommend for the 6 bulb selection? I sold the bulbs with the fixture and so I am buying 6 new bulbs. I would like to get more color in the tank but not at the expense of losing PAR and coral growth.

Do you think I should go with the bulbs listed above and also an ATI Purple plus (or the similar KZ Fiji purple)?

Please let me know your suggestion of how many of each and configuration as well as if you have any other bulb ideas.

Thanks a lot.
Ken

 

[rtparty]

Hey Grim,
I have 4 bulb ATI Powermodule fixture on my predominately SPS tank. It has two ATI Blue Plus and two ATI Aquablue Special bulbs.

I have just sold it and have a 6 bulb Powermodule on the way. I do like the Blue Plus and the Aquablue Special and want to continue with these.

What do you recommend for the 6 bulb selection? I sold the bulbs with the fixture and so I am buying 6 new bulbs. I would like to get more color in the tank but not at the expense of losing PAR and coral growth.

Do you think I should go with the bulbs listed above and also an ATI Purple plus (or the similar KZ Fiji purple)?

Please let me know your suggestion of how many of each and configuration as well as if you have any other bulb ideas.

Thanks a lot.
Ken

4 ATI Blue Plus
1 ATI Purple Plus
1 GE 6500k

If you want to use an Aquablue in place of the GE you can. It will be a little more blue that way and some colors might suffer.

Glad you like the Aquablue bulb. I can't stand it!

 

[TropTrea]

Not Grim here but I think I know what Grim would reccomend as well as myself. Go with 4 Blue Plus Bulbs one Purple Plus and one Aqua Blue Special. Each of these bulbs have a lot of Blue in the and the combination will cover basicly the entire visual spectrum. If you want the tank brighter than replace the Aqua Blue Special with a fuller spectrum bulb like a 10,000K (or per Grim a 6,500K which I'm not fond of) Other options could be a 14,000K UL bulb to lighten thing up but I think you will be happy with just the Aqua Blue considering you were with the 4 bulb fixture.

With the 4 Blue Plus bulbs and two other bulbs you should not have to worry about your PAR being to low.

Hey Grim,
I have 4 bulb ATI Powermodule fixture on my predominately SPS tank. It has two ATI Blue Plus and two ATI Aquablue Special bulbs.

I have just sold it and have a 6 bulb Powermodule on the way. I do like the Blue Plus and the Aquablue Special and want to continue with these.

What do you recommend for the 6 bulb selection? I sold the bulbs with the fixture and so I am buying 6 new bulbs. I would like to get more color in the tank but not at the expense of losing PAR and coral growth.

Do you think I should go with the bulbs listed above and also an ATI Purple plus (or the similar KZ Fiji purple)?

Please let me know your suggestion of how many of each and configuration as well as if you have any other bulb ideas.

Thanks a lot.
Ken

 

[TropTrea]

okies... now that my head really hurts from reading... urgh so many things to think about. I'm new and dont have a clue. here is what I posted in the reef discusion

Ok I know it has been talked to death but one more time. On a 75 tank 4 and 6 bulb mix. What would you use? I'm going to start with 4 bulbs. I have 1 white 12k and 1 actinic blue. I will get 2 more today but which ones? I thought 1 more white and 1 blue but what about a sorta red one? Then what about the other 2 later?

the fixture i have is a 6 bulb with 2 bulbs on one ballast in postion 3 and 4


All i have in the tank is live rock and 4 onxy mis bar clown and 1 blue tang. I have a Kenya tree and soon to have a green zoanthad, think that's what's its called.

like I said I dont have a clue. which ones and where to put them.

Okay Righyt now you have an Atinic Blue which will cover the 420nm range and give some additional light up to the 460 nm range. The 12,000 K bulb will give you more than enough light in basicly all the other frequencies. For your next two bulbs I'd recommend you strongly that you go with ATI Blue Plus bulbs as you realy do need a majority of your light in Blue end of the spectrum centered around 460 nm. This is where a majority of the corals photosynthesis as well a the light absorbed by most of the florescent pigments in corals.

Later when you add additional bulbs I'd reccomend getting one ATI Purple Plus and one ATA Aqua Blue Special. These bulbs also produce a lot of additional blue as well as other frequencies. The Purple will add a little more red. and the Aqua will add a little more greens.

 

[eagle9252]

I did not get to go out today and get the other 2 bulbs but I'm using the wave point bulbs, so your suggestions don't match up. I went to their site and this is what the options are below. I have the "œSUN WAVEâ„¢ 12,000k Super Daylight & SUPERBLUE 460â„¢ Super Blue Actinic 460"

It looks like I did get the 460nm Blue so now I need to get the "œREEF WAVEâ„¢ Super Violet O3 Actinic 420" And get another "œSUPERBLUE 460â„¢ Super Blue Actinic 460"

This would be 4 of the six bulbs. Guessing at the other 2 bulbs it would be "œREEF WAVEâ„¢ Super Violet O3 Actinic 420" & "œCORAL WAVEâ„¢ Coral Growth Accelerator"

Guess the next thing is to figure out which order to put them in. the tank divides the Living room and kitchen so it is seen on 3 ¾ sides. I have the Super Blue Actinic 460 in slot 3 and the SUN WAVE™ 12,000k Super Daylight in slot 4. I have the LIVE ROCK down the center of the tank. My tank picture below was with a T-12 10,000K and 2 T-8 6500K bulbs just to show the LR mostly.

thanx for your help.

COLOR WAVEâ„¢ Optimum Color Enhancer
TROPICAL WAVEâ„¢ 6,500k Full Spectrum Daylight
SUN WAVEâ„¢ 12,000k Super Daylight
SUPERBLUE 460â„¢ Super Blue Actinic 460
REEF WAVEâ„¢ Super Violet O3 Actinic 420
CORAL WAVEâ„¢ Coral Growth Accelerator

Okay Righyt now you have an Atinic Blue which will cover the 420nm range and give some additional light up to the 460 nm range. The 12,000 K bulb will give you more than enough light in basicly all the other frequencies. For your next two bulbs I'd recommend you strongly that you go with ATI Blue Plus bulbs as you realy do need a majority of your light in Blue end of the spectrum centered around 460 nm. This is where a majority of the corals photosynthesis as well a the light absorbed by most of the florescent pigments in corals.

Later when you add additional bulbs I'd reccomend getting one ATI Purple Plus and one ATA Aqua Blue Special. These bulbs also produce a lot of additional blue as well as other frequencies. The Purple will add a little more red. and the Aqua will add a little more greens.

 

[alrha]

I found a bulb combo that is pleasing to my eye. 6 blue plus and 2 fiji purples.

Thinking of doing that: can you post a pic of how it looks? also, what order do you have them in?

 

[heller792]

i know you have probebly been asked a million times but could you give me an 8 tube recommendation please for this sps tank. Ive ordered the unit i just need to sort the lamps as im changing from halides

 

[Froggy]

i know you have probebly been asked a million times but could you give me an 8 tube recommendation please for this sps tank. Ive ordered the unit i just need to sort the lamps as im changing from halides

I suspect this will be the answer :


Originally Posted by The Grim Reefer
I'd run 5 Blue Plus, 2 Purple Plus and a GE 6500K. You've seen what the actinics DON'T do.

 

[heller792]

wow thats alot of blue, will the sps still get good growth from all that blue?

 

[alrha]

wow thats alot of blue, will the sps still get good growth from all that blue?

Blue Plus put out A LOT of PAR

 

[heller792]

thanks for that

 

[alrha]

According to Sanjay Joshi and his spectrometer(sp?), the ATI Blue Plus is the highest PAR bulb on the market.

Remember his meter costs about 20x what the standard Apogee meter does.

 

[al71]

T5 fixture

T5 fixture

Grim do you know anything about this fixture AquaticLife 48" T5 HO 2 Lamp Fixture????

 

[heller792]

i take it by blue plus you mean the ATI lamp?

 

[Froggy]

i take it by blue plus you mean the ATI lamp?

yes, that is the one

 

[Froggy]

Grim or anyone,

What do you think about the Icecap T5 fixture. I am comparing an 8 bulb Tek with the 6 bulb Icecap plus 2 bulb LED fixture for my 120. Here is a link to the Icecap fixture.
http://www.aquasythe.com/Products/I...ED-Combo-Aquarium-Lght-Fixture__LT-IC-RI-T5-4

What do you think?