T5 bulb choices
I need advice. I am consolidating tanks, which means I am also consolidating my lights as well. The new tanks dimensions are 48 x 30 foot print x 20" high. I am grouping together all of my t5s. They are; Tek 4 bulb, Glo HO 2 bulb, Nova extream 4 bulb. Its time to replace all of the bulbs.
The advice I need is:
What brand of of bulb and what type of bulb should I go with? I plan am making this SPS/LPS tank.
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a few good brands to look at are...geissman, ati, and KZ
If i was to be doing the choice of bulbs i would probably do a combo of...
ATI aquablues
ATI actinic+
KZ fiji purple
The fiji purple will make the purple and red colors pop like none other.
The actinic plus's are a rich blue
And the aquablues are a daytime white with a hint of blue
Depending on the apperance you like we can tell more detail.are you looking for a more 20k look or like a 14K?
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More of a 14 k look.
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The KZ are hyped pretty hard. I recently tried one and didn't like how purple it made everything. Personally if your going for red and orange pops go with a Gman Actinic +.
From there the ATI Blue+ get great par and look amazing.
Add some ATI Aqua Blue Special to help balance the blue with some white light, as mentioned about with a hint of blue for a 12k look. Add Blue+ by ATI to adjust the K up or down and possibly some LED's.
I used to use a UVL Super Actinic 03 and liked that as well.
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Should I go with one of each? More of another type over the other? I will be able to run 10 HO t5s and 2 normal output t5s. Where is a good place to get them?
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