lighting options

jbump14 · 03/01/2015, 07:10 PM

I have had the oddysea t5 with 4 bulbs, 2 daylight and 2 actnitic and I keep new bulbs in it. I just haven't been happy with the color or getting that nice "pop" with my corals, I know I have the cheaper lights and probably need an upgrade but the wife is on my ab this expensive addiction ive gotten lol, with my 75 gallon tank, are there any other options I can do or buy to get some good color without completely changing my light source at the moment. May just be wishful thinking but thought I would ask. also my moonlight on the oddysea makes the tank pretty much completely dark, is this the way it sould be? I would love for it to still be to where at night when there off you can still see everything going on in the tank.
Thanks,
Jeremy

Guygettnby · 03/01/2015, 09:50 PM

You can try adding some LED strips to help the color pop and moon lights are not supposed to be really bright. Other wise you just need to buy some new lights. Plenty of cheaper fixtures out there that won't break the bank to say.

jbump14 · 03/01/2015, 10:19 PM

I was running two daylight bulbs 10k I believe and two actnitic just blues. Was running the blues for an hr, daylights for around 6 then the blues again for ab an hr, I really love the blue look and I see so many tanks with so much color and I would love good coral growth as well. I've noticed a lot of ppl not running the white lights at all and I keep getting recommendations of getting the ati bulbs, I notice the have a lot of options, blue plus, coral plus, purple etc.... What would someone recommend on just a bulb change and what would be the best colors combos? Do I absolutely need to run just both whites for the 6 hrs or can I just run one whatever with a diff color bulb? Im just not liking the white lights and the way my corals look with those alone, but they may be something that's necessary idk.

03/01/2015, 07:10 PM	#1
jbump14 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: middleton tn Posts: 3	lighting options I have had the oddysea t5 with 4 bulbs, 2 daylight and 2 actnitic and I keep new bulbs in it. I just haven't been happy with the color or getting that nice "pop" with my corals, I know I have the cheaper lights and probably need an upgrade but the wife is on my ab this expensive addiction ive gotten lol, with my 75 gallon tank, are there any other options I can do or buy to get some good color without completely changing my light source at the moment. May just be wishful thinking but thought I would ask. also my moonlight on the oddysea makes the tank pretty much completely dark, is this the way it sould be? I would love for it to still be to where at night when there off you can still see everything going on in the tank. Thanks, Jeremy

03/01/2015, 09:50 PM	#2
Guygettnby Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: FL Posts: 3,050	You can try adding some LED strips to help the color pop and moon lights are not supposed to be really bright. Other wise you just need to buy some new lights. Plenty of cheaper fixtures out there that won't break the bank to say.

03/01/2015, 10:19 PM	#3
jbump14 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: middleton tn Posts: 3	I was running two daylight bulbs 10k I believe and two actnitic just blues. Was running the blues for an hr, daylights for around 6 then the blues again for ab an hr, I really love the blue look and I see so many tanks with so much color and I would love good coral growth as well. I've noticed a lot of ppl not running the white lights at all and I keep getting recommendations of getting the ati bulbs, I notice the have a lot of options, blue plus, coral plus, purple etc.... What would someone recommend on just a bulb change and what would be the best colors combos? Do I absolutely need to run just both whites for the 6 hrs or can I just run one whatever with a diff color bulb? Im just not liking the white lights and the way my corals look with those alone, but they may be something that's necessary idk.