Light bulb configuration

[mwbeach]

I have a 4 bulb t5 setup. It is the Odyssea 30". I am going to need to change bulbs soon. I have the stock 2-10k and 2-actinic. The colors for the corals are not that good. I would like to get better color out of them and also balance strong growth. What are your recommendations? It is programmable and can control 2 sets of two bulbs separately. It also has moon lights LED

Thanks

 

[babyjess210]

Are these HO? If so I'm thinking they're 24" bulb and would go with GE 6500K and 3 Ati Blue+

 

[mwbeach]

Yes they are HO. They are 24"

 

[tigerdragon]

I would do 1 10k, 2 blue plus and 1 blue

 

[mwbeach]

Thank you all. I also am going to start a frag tank and anemone tank. I have a HO T5 2 bulb for that. What would you recommend for that?

 

[swk]

I have a 4 bulb t5 setup. It is the Odyssea 30". I am going to need to change bulbs soon. I have the stock 2-10k and 2-actinic. The colors for the corals are not that good. I would like to get better color out of them and also balance strong growth. What are your recommendations? It is programmable and can control 2 sets of two bulbs separately. It also has moon lights LED

Thanks

Depending on how much blue you like to see, I would use a combo of ATI blue+ and coral+ bulbs. I am pretty new to t5, but bought about 11 bulbs total for my 6 bulb fixture so I could mess around with combos. So far, my favorite has been a combo of blue+ and coral+ bulbs

So I would run this personally

blue+
coral+
blue+
blue+

Or if thats too blue looking, alternate blue+ and coral+ with 2 each

The purple plus and 6500k, along with blue+ is a classic combo too, but I haven't tried it. I used some purple+ bulbs for a few days and they just weren't to my liking.

Either way you'll enjoy the change. The ATI, (or Geisemann, KZ, etc) will improve the look of your tank in a dramatic way compared to what you were running I'm sure

 

[babyjess210]

Thank you all. I also am going to start a frag tank and anemone tank. I have a HO T5 2 bulb for that. What would you recommend for that?

Coral+ and Blue+

 

[Jayellul]

i would use Geismann or KZ globes.

Blue
Blue or actinic
Midday
Blue

 

[kdino1]

When i ran my t-5s i was always a fan of ATI's

Blue +
Blue +
Fiji Purple
Blue +