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08/23/2010, 11:37 AM
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Need help on bulb selection! Don't want to cook my livestock!
Have 8x54w 48" bulbs T5 HO. Online I bought 5 actinic 3-10000k. I am just using 5 bulbs right now. 4 actinic and 1 10000k. Should I buy more aqua blue? Am going to fish store today to get some replacements. The store I got the bulbs from only had actinic and 10000k. So what should I get. Will not be be running all 8 right now. I think 5 is more than enough. My xenia bleached already from it. Any suggestions?
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90 gallon, CPR bak pak skimmer, HOB CPR 3 gal refugium with DSB with 13 w light, Eheim 2217 Filter, Sun Tek 8x54w T5 HO, 80lbs live rock, 1 yellow tang, 1 firefish, 2 yellowtail damsels, 1 ocellaris clownfish, 1 clarkii, 1 condy anemone, 1 BTA, 2 button polyp colony, 1 blue xenia, and big dent in my wallet! |
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08/23/2010, 11:52 AM
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How high is the fixture of the top of the tank?
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08/23/2010, 01:28 PM
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I run a combo of the ATI Blue+, GE 6500k, and Fiji purple that the grim reefer suggests over in his thread. Guess it depends what kind of look you are going for.
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125g Mixed Reef w/ 40g Sump. 2x Reef Breeders Photon 32. MSX200 skimmer. |
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08/23/2010, 01:30 PM
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I run 2 ATI blue+ 1 Aqua Blue Special and a Midday. It makes a great white blue. If your concerned about bleaching corals you can use screening to defuse the light over a period of weeks.
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08/23/2010, 01:39 PM
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Fixture is about 7 inches above the tank. I will see what they have. I don't have ATI. I got coralife bulbs. Maybe they have an aqua blue. I got 8 for $93 and couldn't pass up the deal.
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90 gallon, CPR bak pak skimmer, HOB CPR 3 gal refugium with DSB with 13 w light, Eheim 2217 Filter, Sun Tek 8x54w T5 HO, 80lbs live rock, 1 yellow tang, 1 firefish, 2 yellowtail damsels, 1 ocellaris clownfish, 1 clarkii, 1 condy anemone, 1 BTA, 2 button polyp colony, 1 blue xenia, and big dent in my wallet! |
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08/23/2010, 01:46 PM
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Sounds like your options are rather limited then. When it's time to replace them, check out ReefGeek for some bulbs, there are a lot more spectrum choices.
http://www.reefgeek.com/lighting/T5_...Bulbs/54_Watt/
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125g Mixed Reef w/ 40g Sump. 2x Reef Breeders Photon 32. MSX200 skimmer. |
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08/23/2010, 09:15 PM
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I only buy bulbs from reefgeek. Were the bulbs new when you got a great deal on them?
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08/24/2010, 07:41 AM
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I would run this set up in my 8 bulb fixture.
2-ATI actinic 2-ATI actinic+ (black light color bulb) 2-ATI midday for growth for the corals(yellow looking bulb) 1-Fiji purple 1-ATI aqua blue (white color bulb) |
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