T5 tubes advise for an SPS & LPS Tank

migas_01 · 07/12/2010, 08:25 AM

I am placing 6 x 39w Aqua Medic T5 tubes in my tank to try and grow some SPS & LPS corals.

My question is: What tubes to chose and how many of each?

Aqua Medic reef white 10000K

Aqua Medic reef white 15000K

Aqua Medic reef blue (Actinic)

Thank you for your help and personal opinion!

Cultivatedcoral · 07/12/2010, 08:59 AM

Do you have any par readings on the Aqua Medic bulbs? Are you set on only using those bulbs?

Reason I ask is because the ATI's have some of the highest Par out there so why use anything else, especially for SPS.

cody6766 · 07/12/2010, 11:24 AM

If those bulbs happened to be my only choice I'd try this:

15K--actinic--15K---actinic--actinic--15K

if you're open to other brands I'd go with ATI and KZ

Blue+ -- Blue+ -- Fiji Purple -- Blue+ -- AquaBlue Special -- Blue +

you may want to change the order a bit, but that's what I run in my 40 breeder with a TEK fixture. I prefer more of a 20000K look, so a blue+ could be swapped with another AB Special if you like a whiter look

07/12/2010, 08:25 AM	#1
migas_01 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 190	T5 tubes advise for an SPS & LPS Tank I am placing 6 x 39w Aqua Medic T5 tubes in my tank to try and grow some SPS & LPS corals. My question is: What tubes to chose and how many of each? Aqua Medic reef white 10000K Aqua Medic reef white 15000K Aqua Medic reef blue (Actinic) Thank you for your help and personal opinion! __________________ Mig

07/12/2010, 11:24 AM	#3
cody6766 Super Best Friends! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: OKC, OK Posts: 3,772	If those bulbs happened to be my only choice I'd try this: 15K--actinic--15K---actinic--actinic--15K if you're open to other brands I'd go with ATI and KZ Blue+ -- Blue+ -- Fiji Purple -- Blue+ -- AquaBlue Special -- Blue + you may want to change the order a bit, but that's what I run in my 40 breeder with a TEK fixture. I prefer more of a 20000K look, so a blue+ could be swapped with another AB Special if you like a whiter look __________________ "The moral is the chosen, not the forced; the understood, not the obeyed. The moral is the rational, and reason accepts no commandments." - John Galt Current Tank Info: Cadlights 60G Arisan II mixed reef with 2x MP40s and 24" ATI

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07/12/2010, 08:59 AM	#2
Cultivatedcoral Moved On Join Date: May 2007 Location: West Palm Beach, Florida Posts: 394	Do you have any par readings on the Aqua Medic bulbs? Are you set on only using those bulbs? Reason I ask is because the ATI's have some of the highest Par out there so why use anything else, especially for SPS.