Hybrid lighting, T5 bulb choices

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I have a 60" Geissman Aurora hybrid, trying to pick out bulb combo. Most of the bulb combo threads I see are for just T5, but with the LED added I can pick up some extra blue/ royal blue via the LED's. Just curious if anyone is running either the Geissman or ATI hybrids and what bulb choice they went with. I tend to like it blue-ish, but not Windex. Pics would be great if you have em'.
Thanks.
 
This is four Giesemann Aquablue Coral T5 bulbs 80%, both blue LED channels 60% and about 20% on the whites... . My corals do not like the white LEDs. So I use the T5 bulbs for full spectrum and get my blues from the LED. You can simply dial in the blues to your liking and dial the whites out if you want more blue.

IMG_4278 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr
 
This is four Giesemann Aquablue Coral T5 bulbs 80%, both blue LED channels 60% and about 20% on the whites... . My corals do not like the white LEDs. So I use the T5 bulbs for full spectrum and get my blues from the LED. You can simply dial in the blues to your liking and dial the whites out if you want more blue.

IMG_4278 by Toby Broadfield, on Flickr

Thanks! Great looking tank. Looks like you get great coverage even with the fixture being shorter than the tank (which is good since I am putting a 5' fixture on a 6' tank. Thanks for sharing.
 

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