t5 lighting

derge · 11/25/2007, 09:29 AM

hello all, i am going to add 2 more 55w t5 tubes to my set up
just wondering witch 2 tubs to get, 1 will be blue Actinic and the other will be a daylight blue or a tri plus.

i have 1 blue actinic and 1 daylight blue at the moment
and 36 watts of the lights that came with the tank that i will be
removing. there pink and white double t5 tubs.

the daylight blue is a 6500k. im not sure on the triplus tubes, on what there putting out.

what does the 6500k mean?

does anyone know if the tri plus are good allround day light
are there any other clours i should be putting on it.

at the moment i have soft corals xenia and green polyps and mushrooms all seam to be doing fine. christmas time i will want to start on lps and then sps later on if my system works well enough
is any one keeping sps with t5 lighting only?

jadeguppy · 11/25/2007, 09:40 AM

6500k is the Kelvin range or spectrum of light. the light configuration suggested to me for a 4 bulb 55 watt set up was

Front
ATI Blue Plus
UVL Super Actinic
UVL Aquasun
ATI Aquablue

The lighting forum has a thread devoted to t5 lights that should be able to answer all your questions. Grim Reefer is awesome and he knows his stuff!

11/25/2007, 09:29 AM	#1
derge Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 58	t5 lighting hello all, i am going to add 2 more 55w t5 tubes to my set up just wondering witch 2 tubs to get, 1 will be blue Actinic and the other will be a daylight blue or a tri plus. i have 1 blue actinic and 1 daylight blue at the moment and 36 watts of the lights that came with the tank that i will be removing. there pink and white double t5 tubs. the daylight blue is a 6500k. im not sure on the triplus tubes, on what there putting out. what does the 6500k mean? does anyone know if the tri plus are good allround day light are there any other clours i should be putting on it. at the moment i have soft corals xenia and green polyps and mushrooms all seam to be doing fine. christmas time i will want to start on lps and then sps later on if my system works well enough is any one keeping sps with t5 lighting only?

11/25/2007, 09:40 AM	#2
jadeguppy Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: nw Florida Posts: 2,611	6500k is the Kelvin range or spectrum of light. the light configuration suggested to me for a 4 bulb 55 watt set up was Front ATI Blue Plus UVL Super Actinic UVL Aquasun ATI Aquablue The lighting forum has a thread devoted to t5 lights that should be able to answer all your questions. Grim Reefer is awesome and he knows his stuff!