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JBsmurf

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Ok folks, I need everyones suggestions for best bulb combo to get for color and some growth. I have a customer T5 + LED setup, the LED's will be my primary actinic source with a mixture of two different UV Chips, RB Chips, and Blue Chips.

I can run (4) 24w t5 bulbs 2 each on either side of the center bank of LEDs,and they will be my primary daytime lights for growth and color. Bring on the suggestions please I dont have a heck of a lot of exp with T5 bulbs yet.

Tank dimensions are 26x24x 25
 
I am doing something similar right now:

Right down the middle of a 39 X 16 tank I have a mix of royal blue Cree & Luxeon - 14 3 watt. They are on a 3 foot heat sink so it doesn't need a cooling fan.

Either side of those RB LEDs I have an ATI Coral Plus tube

In the back I have 1 ATI Blue Plus.

In the front I have a Purple Plus.

In the very front of the tank, above the open sand bed, I have 4 4 watt LED royal blue spotlights - 16 3 watt Epistars. I point these mainly toward the ends of the tank since the ends of T5s have the lowest output. But they shine everywhere. I REALLY like the color of these that StevesLEDs was selling when he first started up!

I'm happy with this combination so far! I tried to adapt what Kyle Thomas is doing, except mixing in some RB LEDs.
 
Thanks. Ill have to see what Kyle Thomas I'd doing. Fortunately for my setup the tank and light fixture are ghe same size. Here are some pictures of the custom light from cncreef


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@JBsmurf wrote:
Thanks. Ill have to see what Kyle Thomas I'd doing. Fortunately for my setup the tank and light fixture are ghe same size. Here are some pictures of the custom light from cncreef said:
I'm running:

[Front]
ATI Coral Plus
ATI Blue Plus
ATI Blue Plus
ATI Purple Plus
ATI Blue Plus
UVL Actinic White Bulb 12000K
[Back]

This set up with the UVL 12k has been up for a bout a month and a half now and I'm pleased with the coloration of corals that I've recently received. The ORA Pearlberry that I received from Joe seems to be coloring up as well. My ORA red planet is coloring up as well. Before the 12k I was running an additional Coral + in its place.

I do plan on transitioning to the ATI PM Hybrid model next year some time.
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@kthomas wrote:
[I]@JBsmurf wrote:[/I][quote="Thanks. Ill have to see what Kyle Thomas I'd doing. Fortunately for my setup the tank and light fixture are ghe same size. Here are some pictures of the custom light from cncreef said:
I'm running:

[Front]
ATI Coral Plus
ATI Blue Plus
ATI Blue Plus
ATI Purple Plus
ATI Blue Plus
UVL Actinic White Bulb 12000K
[Back]

This set up with the UVL 12k has been up for a bout a month and a half now and I'm pleased with the coloration of corals that I've recently received. The ORA Pearlberry that I received from Joe seems to be coloring up as well. My ORA red planet is coloring up as well. Before the 12k I was running an additional Coral + in its place.

I do plan on transitioning to the ATI PM Hybrid model next year some time."]

I run a similar bulb layout ... that fixture looks sweet though ...
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@JBsmurf wrote:
I wonder if the blue plus is really needed since I dont need actinic said:
It depends on how blue you like your tank to look. The ATI blue plus puts out a ton of par.
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What I've been thinking is doing AB special, ati actinic, Coral plus, AB special.

I may switch out the last bulb for a blue plus but as mentioned ill havebplwnty of the blues coming from the LEDs I think.

What are yalls thoughts?
 
It's too bad you're running 24w. I kept my old bulbs 39w that I replaced from my last 9 month stretch in June.

There's a few blue +, aquablue, coral +, and purple + in there.

I typically hold on to them just in case someone wants to play with the color combinations. So if anyone sees this thread might want them let me know.
 
Reefjunky that will be to more blue than I care for I think. I prefer a nice 14-17k look. 20k is to much blue to me
 
@JBsmurf wrote:
Reefjunky that will be to more blue than I care for I think. I prefer a nice 14-17k look. 20k is to much blue to me said:
Yeah, I'm not sure how blue your bank of LEDs is, I added 12 Cree RB to that 4 bulb setup. Obv color preference is opinion, but with the blue+ split front and back the coral+ covers a lot of the blue. As mentioned, that's also a lot of par.


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