Updated 75 gal Acro FTS
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swk
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Mix ati and geisseman. From front to back.
Gman super actinic
Ati blue +
Gman super purple
Gman Aquablue azure
Ati blue+
Gman super actinic
Super actinic and blue + are REALLY close. I like to gman blue better for looks, but the blue+ puts out more par.
I also have a 65k bulb that geisseman makes that I'm playing around with using as well. My Acro dealer uses a lot of 65k halides and t5s and gets crazy colors....
Gman super actinic
Ati blue +
Gman super purple
Gman Aquablue azure
Ati blue+
Gman super actinic
Super actinic and blue + are REALLY close. I like to gman blue better for looks, but the blue+ puts out more par.
I also have a 65k bulb that geisseman makes that I'm playing around with using as well. My Acro dealer uses a lot of 65k halides and t5s and gets crazy colors....
Reef Bass
colors and textures
Sean, sorry, I'm not understanding you here. K is for Kelvin (color temperature scale) and k for 1000s.
I use 20,000K Radiums. 65k would be 65000 and I can't believe there are 65000K bulbs. I don't think 65K would be energetic enough to sustain photosynthetic organisms. Might you possibly mean 6500K?
Thanks.
swk
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Updated 75 gal Acro FTS
I have never seen a 65000k bulb either. That would be....blue.....
I've seen folks throw around the term 65k, and while technically extremely incorrect, I thought it was enough to get my point across. So yeah, technically 6.5k...
I have never seen a 65000k bulb either. That would be....blue.....
I've seen folks throw around the term 65k, and while technically extremely incorrect, I thought it was enough to get my point across. So yeah, technically 6.5k...
swk
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He's a fella on the corner of 16th and mission down in SF. He carries Acro frags in little balloons in his mouth...
It's Battlecorals.
swk
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Some of adams best stuff isn't even on the site. The best thing you can do, and I'm serious about this, is tell him how much you want to spend and tell him what stuff you like and what you don't....the grab bags the guy puts together are ridiculous
Reef Bass
colors and textures
Thanks for clarifying Sean. I hadn't seen that terminology. It seems odd to me that people would be deliberately incorrect in such a key descriptor as color temperature when discussing lighting. The dumbing down of America continues full force. :facepalm:
I'd venture a guess that many people are not aware that the K stands for Kelvin versus the usual use of k for 1000s as well.
I'd venture a guess that many people are not aware that the K stands for Kelvin versus the usual use of k for 1000s as well.
coralfarmer
Aquarist
Who's Kelvin ? And are they a new member of the club ?
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swk
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Nah. His tanks are all prop systems. Some are halide some are t5 and some are led. He's been pulling really nice colors solely with 6.5k (that's for you Ken [emoji6]) halides.
Even his t5 setups feature quite a few 65k bulbs.
The LEDs are all reef breeders photons set at 100% on all 3 colors.
coralfarmer
Aquarist
I like all this talk about metal halides and t5's . It's like it's 2005 all over again.
Sanjay wrote great article on color temp .
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-05/sj/index.php
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Sanjay wrote great article on color temp .
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-05/sj/index.php
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