need some input on bulb selection

[jolson10450]

well i not in to all the blue bulbs i use 2 ati 10k AND 2 antic blues stock from Fish need it iam not in to all the fake color u get from useing the all blue bulbs and purple but this is just my opinion

technically though its not fake color though its their true color, the bulbs just bring out that color a lot more, why look at a brown piece of coral when you can throw some nice lights on it to make it glow?

[bigbill]

blue and purple bulbs do nothing make the coral grow and i dont see a blue sun its yellow witch from everything i have read is 6700k is the closest to the sun true colors

[jolson10450]

blue and purple bulbs do nothing make the coral grow and i dont see a blue sun its yellow witch from everything i have read is 6700k is the closest to the sun true colors

the blue and purple bulbs have just as high of par as the white/yellow bulbs and we see the sun as yellow but in the ocean the yellow is filtered out by the sea water at a certain depth so usually the blue spectrum is more visible so technically no matter how you look at it yeah 6700k is best for growth of plants and freshwater but 10k-14k is just as good for saltwater because the coral at the depths they come from a lot of the yellow is filtered out by seawater.

[redemer123]

heres the combination I use on my 24" fixture. Blue +, White, Purple +, Blue +...I think its the best ever

[jolson10450]

heres the combination I use on my 24" fixture. Blue +, White, Purple +, Blue +...I think its the best ever

yeah that is what i use currently i am debating on just keeping it. i really like it but was wondering if there were any other good combo's that people like that i should try

[redemer123]

im not sure it gets much better...I really like it because it has a nice blue color yet a cool redish purple tint from the purple light

[Rabidgoose]

I use this combo and like it alright.....

ATI blue +
ATI blue +
ATI aquablue special
ATI blue +

I'm still not completely sold on the T5's though.

[jolson10450]

I use this combo and like it alright.....

ATI blue +
ATI blue +
ATI aquablue special
ATI blue +

I'm still not completely sold on the T5's though.

yeah that is what i was thinking possibly but maybe instead of the aquablue special use a purple + or something...

i wish someone would have that configuration with the purple plus and could post a picture of the color... that is what i hate about bulb selection lol you never know what it is going to look like until you buy it and do it.