Question about Bio Cube lighting. Anyone tried 50/50 bulbs and actinics?

dturner · Jul 26, 2013

Question about Bio Cube lighting. Anyone tried 50/50 bulbs and actinics?

Hello,
I recently purchased an 8 gallon biocube and I'm not huge on the color of the light coming from the stock 10k and actinic bulbs. Has anyone tried a mixture of 1 - 50/50 bulb and 1 actinic bulb on your biocube setup? I'm just wondering if that will be too blue or too dark and not put out enough light for corals. Any feedback would be appreciated!

xbruce2x · Jul 26, 2013

I was wondering the same thing.

dturner · Jul 27, 2013

Bump. I know someone has to have tried this.

xbruce2x · Jul 27, 2013

I talked to the guys at world wide corals about it the other day when I was in there and they said it was a good idea. Ill be getting the 50/50 next week and let you know how it goes.

dturner · Jul 28, 2013

Nice, ill be looking forward to your review.

NaClWater72756 · Aug 4, 2013

Tagging along.
Just got my 14g Biocube. Still dry, but wondered about the lights. I've has PC bulbs before on another tank and was happy enough with them but I'm really interested to see how the blue and the 50/50 works out for you!

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glb · Aug 4, 2013

I have a 50/50 and a blue actinic bulb on my 12g nano and it seems to be working fine.

Bmatthall · Aug 4, 2013

I did it on my 12 nano and I bought the coralife brand. In my opinion the atinic only bulb was wayyyy more purple than I thought it would be but it's ok. I'd go with another brands atinic next time to get a bluer shade.

dturner · Aug 4, 2013

Thanks for the feedback.... when it's time to buy new bulbs I'll give it a shot.

xbruce2x · Aug 23, 2013

I am running the 50/50 and antics with pretty good results. Wanting to switch to LEDs though ASAP lol

dturner · Aug 24, 2013

Thanks for letting me know. I'm definitely switching to that combo soon. Can't stand the yellow/white look of the tank currently. I'll sacrifice a bit of growth for a better overall look.