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ROGERWILCO357
02-04-2011, 06:13 AM
I have an ATI PM and need A bulb that will give me the same pop that acticnic vho's deliver is there such A bulb and who makes it?

jduck
02-04-2011, 07:30 PM
Are you looking for just one bulb or a combination of them

lionhead
02-04-2011, 07:40 PM
ATI blue + has one of the highest par ratings if that helps answer your question.

ROGERWILCO357
02-04-2011, 10:10 PM
just one bulb i have 4 ati blue plus one white 2 fiji and one blue all 80 watt bulbs so very bright. ,,want a bulb that is like a minature version of a vho that will give me that same pop i get from my metal halide tank i run ushio bulbs with 2 vho acticnic type bulbs and the color is dead on ..my t5 look great just not enough pop or so it seems ..

schminksbro
02-05-2011, 12:11 AM
I like the UVL 454. If your using a combo I like the Geismann pure actinic combined with the 454.

evilc66
02-07-2011, 02:51 PM
The bulb you are looking for is the UVL Super Actinic, seeing as UVL (previously known as URI) makes the most commonly used T12VHO actinic bulb.

ROGERWILCO357
02-07-2011, 03:27 PM
but need it to be in t5 format.

bobilo
02-07-2011, 04:32 PM
www.reefgeek.com They have the UVL Super actinic and it is a T5 bulb.

ROGERWILCO357
03-24-2011, 07:39 PM
thanks will call them