BioCube HQI Lighting questions

WXB · 01/27/2011, 07:52 PM

I have had problems with 2 biocube 29gal and 4 hoods. The company has made it possible for me to upgrade to a HQI. Now I no longer have hood problems. My new problem is the HQI doesn't have a blue actinic light. I know the 14K bulb is good for the blue that it puts off. Will it be ok to have polyps and soft corals in it? Or should I just stick to LSP and SPS to that tank. I know soft corals need the blue to photosynthesize. Does the Halide bulb provide it just the same? I have only worked with the light bars that had both blue actinic and white lights together. I am just stepping into the metal halide world. Worst of all it is just the halide bulb by its self not a combination with the actinic bulbs. I thought the HQI would have had the actinic light along with the led moon light. Any ideas or info?

01/27/2011, 07:52 PM	#1
WXB Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 258	BioCube HQI Lighting questions I have had problems with 2 biocube 29gal and 4 hoods. The company has made it possible for me to upgrade to a HQI. Now I no longer have hood problems. My new problem is the HQI doesn't have a blue actinic light. I know the 14K bulb is good for the blue that it puts off. Will it be ok to have polyps and soft corals in it? Or should I just stick to LSP and SPS to that tank. I know soft corals need the blue to photosynthesize. Does the Halide bulb provide it just the same? I have only worked with the light bars that had both blue actinic and white lights together. I am just stepping into the metal halide world. Worst of all it is just the halide bulb by its self not a combination with the actinic bulbs. I thought the HQI would have had the actinic light along with the led moon light. Any ideas or info?

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