KZ coral light T5 bulb

[Yanir34]

Hello everyone, 3 weeks ago I replaced one of T5 bulbs (1 of 10 bulbs) from ATI aqua blue special to Korallen-zucht coral light T5 bulb.

well , in first sight it looks littel bit more "yellowish" , compared to ATI abs.

It's full spectrum bulbs, rated at 10,000k and defently brightest from the ATI.

Almost emidyatly I noticed to to improvement in all sps , especially red's and pink's.

another interesting thing is that tips of growth in stag horn , becoming more and more yellow

I'm very happy with the results, so far .

 

[Gumbies R Us]

I can see why you are happy with those results!

 

[Steven Garland]

I use them in my T5 as well. Coral Light New Gen and Super Purple and Suoer Blue.

 

[Yanir34]

I use them in my T5 as well. Coral Light New Gen and Super Purple and Suoer Blue.

I can't order the new generation bulb, for tome reason....but I like the coral light . the sps really like this bulb.

 

[Anxur]

What do you use to have this water so clear?

Gac, ozone, coral snow, uv?!

It's impressive, fantastic

(i have t5 too) 6x80 watt 2 coral 2 abs 2 blu plus

 

[PharmrJohn]

Cool! T5 users! I'll be starting my upcoming tank with an old Tek 8x54W fixture. Its a dinosaur. And not one of those young 65,000,000 year old beasts.....rather, one that's 200,000,000 years old!

 

[Yanir34]

What do you use to have this water so clear?

Gac, ozone, coral snow, uv?!

It's impressive, fantastic

(i have t5 too) 6x80 watt 2 coral 2 abs 2 blu plus

Active carbon in reactor ,that's it

 

[Yanir34]

Cool! T5 users! I'll be starting my upcoming tank with an old Tek 8x54W fixture. Its a dinosaur. And not one of those young 65,000,000 year old beasts.....rather, one that's 200,000,000 years old!

for me ,t5 are still golden standard

 

[Anxur]

Carbone attivo nel reattore, ecco fatto

How often do you change it and how much do you use?

 

[Yanir34]

How often do you change it and how much do you use?

I'm using approximately 150 grams , replacing it every 3 weeks

 

[Anxur]

per me, i t5 sono ancora lo standard d'oro

To me too

per me, i t5 sono ancora lo standard d'oro

I've ati powermodule 6x80
For you what is the best combo for sps to help every single color...?

 

[Yanir34]

To me too

I've ati powermodule 6x80
For you what is the best combo for sps to help every single color...?

I'm using ATI power module 10×54w

in my opinion, after I tried many combinations...the best for color and growth :

4 KZ coral light (full spectrum bulb)
4 ATI blue plus
1 KZ fiji purple
1 ATI actinic

if I had 6 bulbs fixture, I would probably would install :
2 KZ coral light
1 coral plus
2 blue plus
1 KZ fiji purple

 

[djf91]

for me ,t5 are still golden standard

What?? I thought all you needed is low par, blue LED? ;)

 

[Cichlid Dad]

I flirted with LEDs, both viparspectra and XR15's. Lost my shirt when I sold them and went back to T5. Im setting up a tank with MH and have 3 years of bulbs put away for the MH and 2 years worth on the T5 working on getting them to 3 years of reserves including spare ballist

 

[djf91]

I flirted with LEDs, both viparspectra and XR15's. Lost my shirt when I sold them and went back to T5. Im setting up a tank with MH and have 3 years of bulbs put away for the MH and 2 years worth on the T5 working on getting them to 3 years of reserves including spare ballist

What kind of ballasts?

 

[Cichlid Dad]

What kind of ballasts?

On the MH? I'm using a indoor grow glass inclosed hood and electronic ballist I used for my indoor grows, and for the T5 I will need a 6 bulb 54 watt 4ft ballist. They are still available from some hardware stores.

 

[Yanir34]

What?? I thought all you needed is low par, blue LED? ;)

Seriously, I think that LED industry has made huge progress in terms of spectrum and spread.
BUT , and it's big BUT , for me the growth rate , color and overall health of SPS corals in my tank -T5 are still the best (for me) .
I tried to grow SPS in the past with several LED fixtures . it's just didn't work for me.

 

[Yanir34]

For reference this is my current reef tank , it's 2 years old . all SPS started as tiny frags , and consistently fraged every two to three weeks.
happy reefing everyone ❤

 

[djf91]

Do you use a calcium reactor?

 

[Yanir34]

Do you use a calcium reactor?

No , balling method.

I will connect calcium reactor soon