Replacing Bulbs???

[funny718]

Hey guy's I have an Coralife 48 Inch Aqualight Pro, 2x250W HQI Lamp + 2x96W CF Lamps Sq. Pin + 4x1W LED am looking into replacing the bulbs to a similar setup I had before when I was only running a retro fit of 4 t5's

From the front to back
Blue plus
Aqua blue
KZ Fiji purple
Blue plus

And it gave me a nice purple that my coral looked great under just want to know if I can achieve this again with my new setup?

also here is my other info if needed Fishes and Other Animals

1. Clown fish AKA Nemo
2. Algae blenny AKA Blenny Blanco From The Bronx
3. Blue Hippo Tang AKA Dory
4. Yellow Tang AKA Mark
5. Blue Devil Damsel AKA Lou Lou
6. Cleaner Shrimp AKA Jacques Cousteau
7. Star Fish AKA Patrick Star
8. Snails and Hermits
9. Live Rock About 130 Pounds Or So
10. 2 evil Peppermint Shrimp (i call them evil cuz of the way there eyes look at night lol)
Corals

1. Flower Pot
2. Hammer Head
3. Torch
4. ORA Birds Of Paradise
5. ORA Birds Nest
6. Orange Cap
7. Green and orange Lobo
8. Green Millepora
9. F-Flow
10. Hot Pink/Green Millepora
11. Superman Montipora
12. Green Favites
13. Green Zoas
14. Orange Ricordea
15. Incredible Hulk Acropora
16. Blue Stylophora
17. Sun Polyp Yellow
18. Red People Eater
Equipment
1. 120 Gallon Tech Tank
2. About 20-30 Gallon Sump
3. Return Pump Mag 9.5
4. Head s Two Koralia 3’s, And 2 Koralia 4’s
5. Reef Octopus Extreme OCT-EXT-160
6. Star Board



Thanx

 

[Troylee]

Welcome to r2r....
So are you asking what mh and pc bulbs would mimic your old t5 setup???

 

[funny718]

yes sir well that color anyway and thanx for welcoming.

 

[Troylee]

I would start with phoneix 14ks for the hqis but then you only have 2 choices with the pcs a actinic 420nm or the blue 460nm... With some vho actinics you could turn it purple on a heart beat...;)

 

[dakotasreef]

I have a 4 x 54 watt t5 with 2 x 250 watt halide fixture I use. I like the Phoenix 14k bulbs. The only downside to pc is you are limited to your selection. I would think that 2 460 actinics would give you a nice blue/purple look. You could also use some 420 actinics which should make your colors pop more, but the over all brightness would be less than with the 460's.

The 420's do not produce much visable light, it more of the uv light spectrum. I personally think that the brightness between the two is very noticable.

Just my thoughts.

 

[funny718]

hey guys thanx for the great info and the quick replys.