Try both and see which one you like better.
Hey grim! Awesome thread!
I have a 4 bulb aquatic life T5 fixture.
Been messing around with it and getting more purple than I want. Here are the ATI bulbs I have:
2 Blue +
1 Purple +
1 Aquablue
Any suggestion for order?
Thanks man!
Zack
Hey Grim. I have the 6x24" LET retro in a canopy over my 36" 40g Breeder. I am using
BP,PP,BP, 75/25, BP, BP. The canopy only allows the lights 5" off the surface. I am noticing some fading of the corals. I had photo acclimated them to their height (so I thought) but things are getting worse. Today I cut the photo period to
BP,PP - 9 Hours
BP,75/25 - 3 hours
BP,BP - 8 Hours
Do you think thats good enough? Can you shoot me your thoughts? I had been running full boar BP,PP - 12 hours, BP,75/25,BP,BP - 11 hours
Also, the lights are all in a bank in the center of the 36" tank. Many have suggested I stagger them. Do you think staggering will help distribute evenly? Or leave as is?
Just got done trying different slots.
The best look is the following:
1) B+
2) FP
3) B+
4) B+
5) B+
6) FP
7) B+
8) B+
Not sure if I like the dusk/dawn with the B+ up front and the FP in the back....maybe I just have to get used to it, but with all lights on the FP in the 6th slot looks best.
Hey grim i had asked you a while ago about a config for my 48" 8 bulb nova extreme light fixture and you recommended 5 blue plus 2 purple plus and a ge 6500k, what color would this give the tank also my sps are not keeping there colors they are kind of washed out trying to get them more color their growth is good just not great colors i have a mix of lps and sps in the tank. acros,montis,frogspawn, hammer, torch , open brain, im am hoping its not a chem. prob as my levels seem adequate
Grim,
My LFS carries UVL and I can't find any ATI locally. I have a 2 bulb 24w T5 HO fixture. The tank is 11.4" deep. What UVL bulbs do you recommend for this setup? I was leaning towards a UVL 454 and a UVL Indigo Sun. Is the 454 similar to the ATI Blue +? Also, I might add a Ecoxotic Panorma LED strip to the fixture probably in 453nm. What T5 bulbs do you recommend if I add the LED strip? I'd go with a 4 bulb T5 fixture but my tank doesn't have much room from front to back to fit one. I won't be keeping any high light demanding stuff and want good color overall.
Edit: Oh, should I go with the UVL bulbs with reflectors built-in? The fixture is a Coralife Aqualight.
Thanks for any advice.
Hey Grim,
You recomended a good bulb combo a year ago and was wondering if there may be any new bulbs out now that you may recommend. I have a tek 6x54 with the dusk till dawn on the first an last bulb. I have a mixed reef. Thank for the help once again.
Don't know if you guys read this on another site, but Sylvania has confirmed that the ATI Purple Plus and KZ Fiji Purple have different spectral outputs. Apparently Sylvania manufactures both bulbs.
Other than that, they haven't said anything else. Sort of interesting.
Grim, what are the giesmann equivalents to the ATI blue plus, aquablue special, and purple plus? I think I can get the giesmann's locally and save a few bucks on shipping.
4 to 6 inches above the water. 5 Blue Plus 1 Aquablue and 2 Purple Plus ATI lamps.
Would you say this is closer to 20k or 14k?
Knew Sylvania made both lamp. Surprised they would bother commenting on something that is such a tiny part of their business LOL! Thanks for the info.
Apparently, they had been receiving a lot of phone calls from rabid hobbyists about the very subject.
At my LFS they have the KZ and ATI next to one another in a fixture. The KZ is pinker, and brighter, when you look directly at the bulbs.