Mike Ordner
Active member
Grim, Thanks for the bulb suggestions. Do you have a PAR reading for a 54 watt ATI Purple plus bulb.
Thanks,
Mike
Thanks,
Mike
current lamps come in at 18" and the uvl come in a full quarter inch smaller so its a matter of moving the end caps in a little therefor you cant mix and match so .....
those reflectors are 2.5" wide so i can cram about 7 bulbs what would you recomend for a 7 bulb setup and in what order?
Thanks again.
Rich
whatif i went with a aqua sun,actinic white and 4 super actinic,would this work? or should i just stay with the current bulbs and be done with this matter?
Hi Grim,
I have a 8xT5 ATI Powermodule over my Peninsula reef tank.
Right now I have the following lamp combination:
ATI Blue Plus
ATI Aquablue Special
ATI Blue Plus (Also on for dawn)
ATI Aquablue Special
ATI Aquablue Special
ATI Blue Plus (Also on for dawn)
ATI Aquablue Special
ATI Blue Plus
. Now I saw in some of your recommendations, that you sometimes preferr to even have more than 50% of Blue Lamps. I also like it blue. But I had in my head, that the corals also need the white light for a good growith and that I therefore should not use more than 50% of blue lamps. If this might not really be correct would you recommend the following combination:
ATI Blue Plus
ATI Aquablue Special
ATI Blue Plus (Also on for dawn)
ATI Aquablue Special
ATI Blue Plus
ATI Blue Plus (Also on for dawn)
ATI Aquablue Special
ATI Blue Plus
Or would you switch to a complete other sequence of the lamps?
I once tried a purple lamp, but I did not really like it.
Thank you very much.
Best regards,
Christian
Hello Grim,
I have a 90 gallon tank (48 X 18 x 24) and a 6 X 54 retro kit from Reef Geek.
Bulbs are 3 B+, 1 GE 6500, 1 Figi Purple, and 1 Blue special.
I was wondering if I can keep some SPS higher in the tank?
From my research Acros need real high intensity, though was not sure about montipora? I currently have some LPS that are doing well.
Thanks for the help.
ryan, thank you for your feedback. No offense, i don't hang out on this forum and don't know who you are, but grim was recommended to me and i wanted to see what his opinion is.
Grim,
i am running an 8 bulb ati powermodule with the following bulbs and have a 30" deep tank that is 95% sps.
1 fiji purple
4 ati blue plus
2 ati aquablue special
1 uvl super actinic
any thoughts on this and what order would you use?
Grim, Thanks for the bulb suggestions. Do you have a PAR reading for a 54 watt ATI Purple plus bulb.
Thanks,
Mike
Hey Grimm,
I'm setting up a 6 lamp retro and I have 4 uvl 454's and 1 ati purple plus already. The tank is going to be 20" tall and very heavy on SPS. For my 6th bulb should I go with a GE 6500k, uvl aquasun, or ATI aquablue? I like a blue look but I want a ton of par also.
Thanks
Hey Grim,
Thinking about doing T5's for my 180g, 72x24x24. What would you recommend since T5 bulbs max lengh is only 60"? Primarily SPS.
Thanks
Have you actually compared the lamps? I haven't heard of anyone having to move the endcaps to use UVL lamps in a current fixture. If thats the case UVL made a serious stupid move.
4 ATI Blue Plus, 1 Purple plus and a GE 6500K. You probably aren't going to get great growth with the 454 lamps but it will look good and I'd hate to tell you to throw them away and get new lamps but...
Have you actually compared the lamps? I haven't heard of anyone having to move the endcaps to use UVL lamps in a current fixture. If thats the case UVL made a serious stupid move.
Last question, when I try to retrofit which ballast would you go with?
Icecap?
Workhorse?
Something else?