Here we go again... T5 Bulb Combo

apstreck · 06/20/2014, 10:43 PM

Heres my idea for a T5HO Bulb combo for a LPS dominated tank, with maybe a few SPS on a 6 bulb fixture on a 75g

Front to back....

ATI Blue +
GE 6500K
ATI Blue +
ATI Purple +
ATI Blue +
ATI Coral +

I don't have any experience, just piecing together ideas from other threads and suggestions from my LFS. Feel free to tell me I'm totally wrong.

krzyphsygy · 06/21/2014, 08:41 AM

What Spectrum are you looking for? That looks like a crisp white 11k to me with the Coral Plus and 65k.

That will be a bright light and will easily handle any sps coral you can put in there. I run 6 bulb 80watt ATI fixture and bulbs on a 125 and I have no issues with an sps dominant tank. In fact I have to be very careful and acclimate corals to my light for about 1 month on a frag rack to ensure I don't bleach anything. I do about 2-3 inches each week raising them.

I would swap out the 65k for another blue plus and give it a nice 15k spectrum. My corals do very well under this bulb set up.

apstreck · 06/21/2014, 08:51 AM

Hey, thanks for the feedback. I want it to be blue but no so much that everything looks like it is under a blacklight. I'm looking for kind of a happy medium between white and blue so to speak. Of course, I want happy corals above all else.

06/20/2014, 10:43 PM	#1
apstreck Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 173	Here we go again... T5 Bulb Combo Heres my idea for a T5HO Bulb combo for a LPS dominated tank, with maybe a few SPS on a 6 bulb fixture on a 75g Front to back.... ATI Blue + GE 6500K ATI Blue + ATI Purple + ATI Blue + ATI Coral + I don't have any experience, just piecing together ideas from other threads and suggestions from my LFS. Feel free to tell me I'm totally wrong.

06/21/2014, 08:41 AM	#2
krzyphsygy Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 2,148	What Spectrum are you looking for? That looks like a crisp white 11k to me with the Coral Plus and 65k. That will be a bright light and will easily handle any sps coral you can put in there. I run 6 bulb 80watt ATI fixture and bulbs on a 125 and I have no issues with an sps dominant tank. In fact I have to be very careful and acclimate corals to my light for about 1 month on a frag rack to ensure I don't bleach anything. I do about 2-3 inches each week raising them. I would swap out the 65k for another blue plus and give it a nice 15k spectrum. My corals do very well under this bulb set up.

06/21/2014, 08:51 AM	#3
apstreck Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: Cincinnati Posts: 173	Hey, thanks for the feedback. I want it to be blue but no so much that everything looks like it is under a blacklight. I'm looking for kind of a happy medium between white and blue so to speak. Of course, I want happy corals above all else.