150 watt sunpod -> 2X24 watt t5 sundial?

fishieness · 12/04/2008, 03:17 PM

Hey everyone.
I've been running a 150 watt sunpod with a 14K pheonix over my ten gallon since january. My friend offered me his 4 bulb sundial. he said he was getting a lot of increased growth and color with his sps from when they were in his 29 with a 150 halide on it.
I've been trying it out for the past few weeks, and haven't had all that much color up. However, I do love having actinics again.
His bulb combination are 2 current actinics, a current daylight, and a UVL 14K (like a 470 nm actinic [purple]).
It's still not blue enough for me. I was wondeiring if you guys think i could replace the actinics and the daylight with a blue+ and still be able to keep sps?
Growth is not a big deal, because I only have a 10 gallon. At this point, I'm only looking for small, but really colorful corals anyways.
thanks

kaskiles · 12/04/2008, 04:00 PM

I think so, but I don't have or have ever tried T5s. Hey, can you pop a 20k 150 into that sunpod and compare the colors for me? I've been thinking of switching to the 20k 150 halide bulb to try to get some of the colors I've seen on the T5 setups with all the blue and actinic.

12/04/2008, 03:17 PM	#1
fishieness Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: ct Posts: 3,606	150 watt sunpod -> 2X24 watt t5 sundial? Hey everyone. I've been running a 150 watt sunpod with a 14K pheonix over my ten gallon since january. My friend offered me his 4 bulb sundial. he said he was getting a lot of increased growth and color with his sps from when they were in his 29 with a 150 halide on it. I've been trying it out for the past few weeks, and haven't had all that much color up. However, I do love having actinics again. His bulb combination are 2 current actinics, a current daylight, and a UVL 14K (like a 470 nm actinic [purple]). It's still not blue enough for me. I was wondeiring if you guys think i could replace the actinics and the daylight with a blue+ and still be able to keep sps? Growth is not a big deal, because I only have a 10 gallon. At this point, I'm only looking for small, but really colorful corals anyways. thanks

12/04/2008, 04:00 PM	#2
kaskiles Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Merritt Island, FL Posts: 726	I think so, but I don't have or have ever tried T5s. Hey, can you pop a 20k 150 into that sunpod and compare the colors for me? I've been thinking of switching to the 20k 150 halide bulb to try to get some of the colors I've seen on the T5 setups with all the blue and actinic.