ATI 6 bulb

[adamg77]

Hello! I bought a used ATI 6x48 fixture and am trying to obtain which bulbs are on each channel. It was a cheap fixture that came with three bulbs I am trying to trouble shoot and get bulbs that I like.

Are there four bulbs on one channel and two on the other? Split 3x3?

 

[Fish Styx]

Greetings and welcome to the reef! If it has two plugs, it should be 3 x 3.

 

[Miami Reef]

It has 2 and 4 I believe.

 

[fishface NJ]

It has 2 and 4 I believe.

that is correct. My ATI 6 bulb fixture is that way

 

[fishface NJ]

This is how mine is setup. I just started my process of changing out my bulbs today. I do it by replacing one bulb every two weeks until all are new again. I start the change when the oldest bulb is 18 months old. I run my fixture from 8 AM to 9 PM.

Blue+
Blue+
Purple+
Blue+
Coral+
Blue+

 

[fishface NJ]

 

[Cichlid Dad]

This is how mine is setup. I just started my process of changing out my bulbs today. I do it by replacing one bulb every two weeks until all are new again. I start the change when the oldest bulb is 18 months old. I run my fixture from 8 AM to 9 PM.

Blue+
Blue+
Purple+
Blue+
Coral+
Blue+

I run the same except I switched out the purple+ for a true actinic. This setup gives me the dust to dawn effect with just the outside channel on

 

[mfinn]

My 6 bulb x 24" fixture has 2 bulbs on one plug and 4 bulbs on the other.
My favorite is the Blue Plus.

 

[A. grandis]

CHANNEL 1
CHANNEL 2
CHANNEL 1
CHANNEL 1
CHANNEL 2
CHANNEL 1

 

[jackson6745]

3blue+, 1 actinic, 1 purple+, and one ge 6500k was my favorite combo. Running the actinic and purple on the 2 bulb switch was best.

 

[adamg77]

CHANNEL 1
CHANNEL 2
CHANNEL 1
CHANNEL 1
CHANNEL 2
CHANNEL 1

Thank you!

 

[KC2020]

CHANNEL 1
CHANNEL 2
CHANNEL 1
CHANNEL 1
CHANNEL 2
CHANNEL 1

Actinic and a daylight in the channel 2 positions, then 3 more actinic and a Korallen-Zucht Fiji Purple has always looked good and grown everything for me.

 

[adamg77]

This is how mine is setup. I just started my process of changing out my bulbs today. I do it by replacing one bulb every two weeks until all are new again. I start the change when the oldest bulb is 18 months old. I run my fixture from 8 AM to 9 PM.

Blue+
Blue+
Purple+
Blue+
Coral+
Blue+

Do you have a picture showing that bulb combo for each channel and then together? Thanks again for your input

 

[adamg77]

3blue+, 1 actinic, 1 purple+, and one ge 6500k was my favorite combo. Running the actinic and purple on the 2 bulb switch was best.

Do you have pics of your tank to show that bulb combo for the channels and together?

 

[Cichlid Dad]

this is not color corrected. 4 blue + 1 true actinic and 1 coral+

 

[adamg77]

this is not color corrected. 4 blue + 1 true actinic and 1 coral+

Thank you! Tank looks awesome
Do you run a separate “blue” channel with the two bulb channel?

 

[Cichlid Dad]

Thank you! Tank looks awesome
Do you run a separate “blue” channel with the two bulb channel?

Yes two blue plus on the One channel then the rest on the center channel. Dawn and dusk in the morning and night.

 

[jackson6745]

Do you have pics of your tank to show that bulb combo for the channels and together?

 

[adamg77]

Well that combo clearly grows corals :)