sps and t5?

[jerl77]

does anybody have luck with it
it seem my sps are all going blue on me under t5
when i had mh colors where wow
i am running an 8 bulb tek fixure
with 3 12k bulbs one fujii purple
and 4 blue plus i like the look of the bulbs just seems that all the corals are turn more blue?

 

[soccerbag]

There are plenty of folks who have gorgeous SPS dominated tanks with T5's only. Both halides and T5's can grow SPS obviously. T5's have worked really well for me. I run a 12 bulb fixture over my 150g deep and grow SPS anywhere I want.

My bulb combo is (f-to-b)
1)Super Actinic
2)Blue+
3)AquaBlue Special
4)Blue +
5)Fiji Purple
6)AB Special
7)Blue +
8)AB Special
9)Blue +
10) AB Special
11)Blue+
12)Super Actinic


My SPS have held color without a problem. Is the issue that your corals are turning blue or that they have a blue hue to them under the lighting?

 

[jerl77]

turning blue i had one that was bright green under my mh and now its blue under t5
only thing i have changed is the lights

 

[knucklehead]

corals will morph colors under different lighting conditions..

 

[ScubaBosh]

I know a guy who only runs T5's and has about 6 tanks with every type of coral in them. his SPS are gorgeous too. The great thing about T5's is being able to cheaply test with different color bulbs.

 

[New2Reefing]

would depth of tank have a role or age of bulbs ?

 

[inactive]

Both would, yes.

 

[jerl77]

28 inch deep and bulbs 2 month old

 

[ndy 1026]

Can we see some pics of ur Tank with t5

 

[reefjunky24]

If I have a 58g tank and want to run only t5's and I plan to have sps and lps, and random softs how many t5's do you think I need?

 

[reefjunky24]

sorry didn't mean to hijack thread just saw the thread and am in the same boat