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03-20-2008, 10:00 PM
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Drain Bamaged
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Corona, CA USA
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T5 Bulb Combos
Well, while I was playing with all the bulb combos on my tank today I realized I have seen a lot of threads with people asking for advice on T5 bulb combintions, so I though this would be helpful
2 Super Actinics
1 Pure Actinic
1 6600
1 10k
1 14k
2 Super Actinics
2 Pure Actinics
1 6600
1 12k
2 Super Actinics
1 Pure Actinic
1 6600
1 14k
1 Aquablue+
2 Super Actinics
2 Pure Actinic
1 6600
1 10k
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03-20-2008, 10:49 PM
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ΤΏΤ
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Cottage Grove, Oregon
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Surprised you did not do any pics with the new pro coral bulb? Mine is on its way!
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03-20-2008, 11:29 PM
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Drain Bamaged
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Corona, CA USA
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nyles
Surprised you did not do any pics with the new pro coral bulb? Mine is on its way!
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I'm suprised that that suprised you, I did pics with combinations of bulbs that I had
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03-21-2008, 12:13 AM
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Reef Nut
Join Date: Mar 2005
Location: Illinois
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Great tank!
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03-21-2008, 07:18 AM
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I've got the REEF rash!
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: New Jersey
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3rd one!
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03-26-2008, 01:28 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Andover, KS
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My tank has been set up since August and I am still playing with bulb combos..lol which combo did you like the best? Nyles: what combo are you running and I would love to see your tank once you get the Procolor on it...
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180 gallon AGA RR mixed reef inwall, 100 gallon rubbermaid stock tank sump, 10 gallon hex fuge, Quiet one 5000 return pump, PCI PS-3000 skimmer with Octopus needlewheel pump, 72" Constellation from Aquactinics, 2 3250 gph powerheads, 2 250 watt heaters, 200 lbs live rock, 200 lbs pulverized limestone
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03-26-2008, 01:37 PM
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ΤΏΤ
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Cottage Grove, Oregon
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Geuismen
2-Pure actinic
3-actinic plus (50/50 bulb)
3-blue plus (11k)
My last combo was:
5-blue plus
3-actinic plus
it was WAY to bright, this combo is a little better, but still trying to knock down some light.
Going to change out a Pure actinic to a pro coral ATI bulb. (going to order 2 and figure out best combo) possible take out an actinic plus as well.
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03-26-2008, 01:38 PM
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Drain Bamaged
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Corona, CA USA
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I am running option 4 and I really like it now, at first I was unsure, it seemed too blue, but now that I am used to it, I don't notice the blue tint and I love the color my corals have...and it's not as blue as it looks in the picture
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03-26-2008, 02:00 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Andover, KS
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Yeah, I was thinking maybe 3 or 4... I am still messing with my combo...
Nyles, I may be wrong, but I did look carefully at the bulb descriptions when I bought my bulbs...I think that the ATI Blue Plus and the Geisemann Actinic Plus are basically the same bulb as are the ATI Aquablue Special and the Geisemann Aquablue Plus... so basically you are running 6 of the same type of bulb and 1 pure actinic...that may be why it is too bright...take a look at reefgeek and check out their different bulb descriptions. If I have it wrong I apologize in advance... LOL
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Jenni AKA "Reefmama"
180 gallon AGA RR mixed reef inwall, 100 gallon rubbermaid stock tank sump, 10 gallon hex fuge, Quiet one 5000 return pump, PCI PS-3000 skimmer with Octopus needlewheel pump, 72" Constellation from Aquactinics, 2 3250 gph powerheads, 2 250 watt heaters, 200 lbs live rock, 200 lbs pulverized limestone
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03-26-2008, 02:19 PM
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Underwater Coral Farmer
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Borneo
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jr have you tried putting a 11 or 14 in place of the 6600?
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03-26-2008, 02:46 PM
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Drain Bamaged
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Corona, CA USA
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Yeah I tried that, when I added it to the combination of bulbs that had 4 actinic bulbs it was way to blue and when I added it to the 3 actinic combination it basically looked the same as the 4 actinic combinations. Switching the 6600 with a 14 k yiled the same "look" as switching a 14k with an actinic, but by leaving the 6600 in I get a higher PAR level
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03-26-2008, 02:51 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Andover, KS
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I have tried both the GE 6500K AND the GE 3000K... hated both of them... way to washed out and not blue enough. Plus with the high par of both of them, some of my corals did not like them either. I think we get more light out of these T5s than anyone thinks...
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Jenni AKA "Reefmama"
180 gallon AGA RR mixed reef inwall, 100 gallon rubbermaid stock tank sump, 10 gallon hex fuge, Quiet one 5000 return pump, PCI PS-3000 skimmer with Octopus needlewheel pump, 72" Constellation from Aquactinics, 2 3250 gph powerheads, 2 250 watt heaters, 200 lbs live rock, 200 lbs pulverized limestone
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03-26-2008, 03:45 PM
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Drain Bamaged
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Corona, CA USA
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more light than the PAR readings indicate?
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03-26-2008, 06:07 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Andover, KS
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what I mean is.. that since the light is spread out the entire length of the bulb and not concentrated like with a halide...and that so far since PAR levels have been shown to be pretty good...that our tanks are getting a bigger dose of usable light and the fact that we can customize the spectrum by choosing different bulbs, we are giving our corals a wider range of spectrum. I just think alot of people are underestimating the ability of T5s to sucessfully light a reef tank where the corals not only have great colors but grow like crazy!
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Jenni AKA "Reefmama"
180 gallon AGA RR mixed reef inwall, 100 gallon rubbermaid stock tank sump, 10 gallon hex fuge, Quiet one 5000 return pump, PCI PS-3000 skimmer with Octopus needlewheel pump, 72" Constellation from Aquactinics, 2 3250 gph powerheads, 2 250 watt heaters, 200 lbs live rock, 200 lbs pulverized limestone
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03-26-2008, 06:48 PM
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Shark
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: michigan
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cant agree more, ive gotten much better results since i switched from mh to t5... thanks for the pics of different bulb combos, i like the first pic the best
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