The T5 Q&a Thread
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dan223
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YOU know what you had and liked
? The sa bulb has lower par, but if your tank did fine with it before who cares. Otherwise if you want max light throw in another B+. when I played around with my fixture the SA bulb was almost unnoticable, when I switched it out with a B+ there was a much more noticable shift in overall look to blue, so another B+ might be too blue.:
keegoaz
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so i just ordered a T-5 lighting system it has 2 T-5s i was wondering what anyone's' opinions were about what type of T-5 lights i should put in for the best coloration for my corals. i would also like it to look good when you look at the tank no extreme colors coming out of the light if anything maybe just a blue glow.
serum153
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<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=14878724#post14878724 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by dan223
YOU know what you had and liked
I liked what I had, but wanted better par and the tank to look more bluish/purplish. After being home tonight...the look is starting to grow on me as the look is very crisp and really catches your eye. If I am still unhappy, I will play around with the extra blue + I have.
fatboyt123
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i have a 55 gallon tank with a tek 4 bulb fixture and would like to know what bulbs to use.The tank has some sps up at the top but mainly lps and softies.Right now it is just to white for me so i want it to look more blue but not a 20k blue.Somewhere right between 20k and 10k like a light bule.
also where is a good place to get all the bulbs i need for a good price?
also where is a good place to get all the bulbs i need for a good price?
manhorsedog
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my question
i have a stock NEP 6x39 fixture and would like to get the best color out of my coral. I thought i had something good picked out
ati blue+
ge6500k
ati aquablue
fiji purple
ati blue+
ati aquablue
i am getting somewhat confused please help me out.
i only really have zoa/palys in the tank
i have a stock NEP 6x39 fixture and would like to get the best color out of my coral. I thought i had something good picked out
ati blue+
ge6500k
ati aquablue
fiji purple
ati blue+
ati aquablue
i am getting somewhat confused please help me out.
i only really have zoa/palys in the tank
serum153
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I wouldn't suggest running that combo with a fiji purple as the look is white at least it is on my icecap 660 retro. It might look a little more blue than what I am getting as a blue + overdriven is a little more white than when it's not. The color that you explain would be like my last combo which was:
blue+
super actinic
aquasun
blue+
Grim or RT would be able to let you know if that would be enough par without being overdriven depending on your placement of sps. FYI...reefgeek is out of fiji purple for 1 - 2 weeks.
reefgeek31
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I was wondering if someone could help me find some info on how to properly cool t-5s correctly. I have some ideas of my own i just want to do it right
manhorsedog
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im really trying to make them all pop, i have only zoas/palys so pretty much any color you can think of. Everything just seems to white for my liking. But i might try the blub combo you suggested unless you have an other ideas.
bustayanky
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T5 Recommendations for a 180g
T5 Recommendations for a 180g
Hey guys,
I'm thinking about doing a switch over from MH to T5. My tank is a 6 x 2 x 2 peninsula tank. So the left side has the overflow box and wavebox. The live rock starts at the overflow box and I measured from the overflow box all the way to the other end and it came to about 5-5.25 feet. Let me know what you guys recommend with the length and how many bulbs. Also I like how the Radium 20k looks and was wondering what mixture of bulbs are good also. Plus im starting to get into SPS, so far i have 2 mini colonies and a bunch of frags. Thanks a lot guys!
WILL
T5 Recommendations for a 180g
Hey guys,
I'm thinking about doing a switch over from MH to T5. My tank is a 6 x 2 x 2 peninsula tank. So the left side has the overflow box and wavebox. The live rock starts at the overflow box and I measured from the overflow box all the way to the other end and it came to about 5-5.25 feet. Let me know what you guys recommend with the length and how many bulbs. Also I like how the Radium 20k looks and was wondering what mixture of bulbs are good also. Plus im starting to get into SPS, so far i have 2 mini colonies and a bunch of frags. Thanks a lot guys!
WILL
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