Question about BULBS

NYer · 08-03-2006, 12:15 PM

I have 5 foot lighting T5 HO 6 bulbs at 98 watts

my tank is 72x24x24

What 6 bulbs should I use???

How many blue bulbs how many white ? etc ???

zxcv123 · 08-03-2006, 12:17 PM

MY lights are 50 50

saltwater_wannabe · 08-03-2006, 12:45 PM

If there are two switches and you are able to control the bulbs (3 on/3 off), then I would look into 3-10k daylight bulbs and 3-03 Actinic bulbs. If there is only one switch, then consider some 6500k or 50/50 bulbs.

Wiskey · 08-03-2006, 12:47 PM

I have 1 Blue+, 2 11,000K, and one 6,700K. When I replace my bulbs I will buy 3 11,000K, and 1 Blue+. I do like the way it looks now, but I think it could take that extra kick of blue, and the 6,700K bulb I bought has the same par as the 11,000 so I would not be loosing any light.

Whiskey

NYer · 08-03-2006, 01:46 PM

well i ahve 6 bulb spots and 3 switches each switch controls 2 bulbs I will try 2 heavy white 2 middle range and 2 real blue does that sound ok

or do 3 white 3 blue ?

hng · 08-03-2006, 01:59 PM

That sounds just fine, I think that a lot of it is personal preference. Most would recommend half of the bulbs being actinic and the other half either 50/50 bulbs or 10K. I don't think you can go wrong with any of those combinations.

Wiskey · 08-03-2006, 02:30 PM

Your plan sounds great!

Whiskey

afbengochea · 08-03-2006, 03:05 PM

alot of it is personal preference on how white or blue u want it. the 6.5k will give you more par but more yellow and the further u get away from that the less par u have. Best thing to do is get a bunch of the bulbs that you want to use and keep playing with the color combinations. Either way u will have extra bulbs that u can keep when its time to replace them