Hello everyone!
A little background. I recently went through a crash on my SPS dominate tank. I dosed Vibrant, Fluconazole, Chemiclean, etc and during this I had heavy metals in my RODI and main water along with low Iodine and high Potassium. During this time I changed out my (4) Mars Aqua Black Boxes with upgraded diodes and (2) Blue+ T5's in November to a (6) bulb LET Retrofit kit with all ATI bulbs.
I originally went with the 50/50 Coral+/Blue+ combination. This combo was very white compared to what I was running before with the Black Box LED's and (2) Blue+ bulbs. My LED's were set around 90% Blues and 20% whites. This is purely anecdotal but I think that going from a blue spectrum to a much whiter spectrum during all of the issues I was currently having caused stress on the system.
I went from (3) Coral+ bulbs to 2, then to 1, and now as of last night none at all. On my (6) bulb setup I have (4) Blue+ and (2) Actinic bulbs. I really like the look of this combo and it resembles a little closer to what I was used to running with the Black Boxes, etc.
My question is, will this have a negative impact on my corals? It doesn't bother me and If it will still keep the SPS happy and growing then I will leave it for a little while to see how it does. Just want to make sure I am not going to have a negative impact on my Corals more than what they have already gone through.
Tank with Black Boxes and (2) ATI Blue+ bulbs. At this time tank was looking great
This is after I changed lights out to all ATI T5's with (3) Coral+ and (3) Blue+. You can see how much whiter the tank looks
This is last week. My setup was (1) Coral+, (4) Blue+, and (1) Actinic. You can see it still appears white
This is yesterday after I removed the last Coral+. It is now (4) Blue+ and (2) Actinic.
A little background. I recently went through a crash on my SPS dominate tank. I dosed Vibrant, Fluconazole, Chemiclean, etc and during this I had heavy metals in my RODI and main water along with low Iodine and high Potassium. During this time I changed out my (4) Mars Aqua Black Boxes with upgraded diodes and (2) Blue+ T5's in November to a (6) bulb LET Retrofit kit with all ATI bulbs.
I originally went with the 50/50 Coral+/Blue+ combination. This combo was very white compared to what I was running before with the Black Box LED's and (2) Blue+ bulbs. My LED's were set around 90% Blues and 20% whites. This is purely anecdotal but I think that going from a blue spectrum to a much whiter spectrum during all of the issues I was currently having caused stress on the system.
I went from (3) Coral+ bulbs to 2, then to 1, and now as of last night none at all. On my (6) bulb setup I have (4) Blue+ and (2) Actinic bulbs. I really like the look of this combo and it resembles a little closer to what I was used to running with the Black Boxes, etc.
My question is, will this have a negative impact on my corals? It doesn't bother me and If it will still keep the SPS happy and growing then I will leave it for a little while to see how it does. Just want to make sure I am not going to have a negative impact on my Corals more than what they have already gone through.
Tank with Black Boxes and (2) ATI Blue+ bulbs. At this time tank was looking great
This is after I changed lights out to all ATI T5's with (3) Coral+ and (3) Blue+. You can see how much whiter the tank looks
This is last week. My setup was (1) Coral+, (4) Blue+, and (1) Actinic. You can see it still appears white
This is yesterday after I removed the last Coral+. It is now (4) Blue+ and (2) Actinic.