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    Posted: November 01 2011 at 9:01pm

Alright,

Currently on my 65 gallon reef I have a lighting fixture with 1 250 watt MH, and 4 24 watt T5's.  I wish the T5's had a little more power to them, but I bought the unit a while ago.  Currently, the MH is a 15K bulb, the 4 T5's are actinc blues, unknown brand (the sticker disappeared and I don't remember what I bought.)
 
Corals range from leathers, zoa's, paly's, monties, and LPS.  I want to start getting into Acros now.
 
I personally have found that my zoa's and leathers all do extremely well under 20K lighting, but my Monti's  do not do well under just 20K.  (When I used a 20K MH, I did not run my T5's.)  I had pretty good growth in all softies, zoa's, and monti's with 15K setup.  So I went back to 15K with supplemtal blue T5's
 
This is what I want to try and run:
1 20K MH, 1 ATI superblue T5, 2 ATI white bulbs (aquablue special, supposed to be 12K), and 1 of their pink/purple bulbs for color pop. 
 
What are your thoughts on this?  It kind of goes backward from the traditional 10K-15K main light and actinic supplements, to just the opposite.
 
Any opinion is welcome, I won't be offended.
 


Edited by m.ash - November 01 2011 at 11:42pm
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By the way, I'm planning ahead becuase my t5's all become due for their 7 month change out in december.  Sad that I can't remember the brand I bought last time eh?Smile
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If you are going to do a 15k bulb I would run 3 ati blue plus and 1 ati purple plus.
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Thanks.  I've heard alot of good things about ATI's purple bulb, have not yet tried it.  I'll keep that in mind if I stick with the 15K MH, but how about with the 20K MH?
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Originally posted by Ryan Thompson Ryan Thompson wrote:

If you are going to do a 15k bulb I would run 3 ati blue plus and 1 ati purple plus.
 
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Originally posted by m.ash m.ash wrote:

Thanks.  I've heard alot of good things about ATI's purple bulb, have not yet tried it.  I'll keep that in mind if I stick with the 15K MH, but how about with the 20K MH?


With a 20k I might be tempted to try 2 Blue Plus and 2 Purple Plus but that might be a little overpowering.

Adding in a GE6500k might bring out some extra colors but it might also make the tank look weird.
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