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Unread 06/23/2014, 01:04 PM   #1
tmc1313
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lighting question?

I want to make my tank a little bluer. I run phoenix 14k's with 4 true actinic T5's, but when the halides are on it drowns out the T5's and I lose the blue. If I add two blue led strips instead of the T5's will the same thing happen. Will the halides overpower the led's like they do with the T5's?


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Unread 06/23/2014, 01:13 PM   #2
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Dump the True Actinic & run 4 ATI Blue +.


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Unread 06/23/2014, 01:32 PM   #3
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^yup. also more par for growth and color


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Unread 06/23/2014, 01:43 PM   #4
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Dump the True Actinic & run 4 ATI Blue +.
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^yup. also more par for growth and color
If it works, I'll try it. Is it that the blue on the Blue+ is a different wavelength and that's why it will be better than the true actinics?


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Unread 06/24/2014, 06:30 AM   #5
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Yes. They don't call it blue + for nothing.


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