T5/LED combo - T5 bulb layout?

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First off....I hate white tank.

I've been running AI Hydras...for a few years (see pic).
Same schedule - heavy blues, I love it - corals love it....life is good.

Last spring...I got an AquaticLife T5/LED Hybrid mount - so I could essentially hang the Hydras. But - now I get to use 4x T5s too.

Well - the T5s, kinda suck. I am running 4x Blue+ and tank is still, very white. I end up getting a 60" Reefbrite to help drown out some of white light from the T5s, but doesn't do much.

So question is - what T5 bulbs can I run, to not have the tank so white (pic attached)? I love using LEDs w/T5s, but I want - blue bulbs or some combo of blue, that does give off a white glow, that drowns out the LEDs heavy blue schedule.

Ideas? Thoughts?? Feedback???

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I posted this earlier today for someone else with similar question:

 
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I posted this earlier today for someone else with similar question:

Thank you! That's legit helpful....

Looks like I'm gonna test out some Atinic bulbs.
 
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I never thought I’d hear someone say blue plus bulbs are white, they’ve always been too blue for me lol. To each they’re own I guess
Lol, that's why I shared the pics.

I had someone else tell me the same thing - showed me a pic of his bulbs, they look much bluer than mine. Both ATI ‍♂️

Bulbs only been running since May 2022 - think....9 hrs? So - don't see them going yet. Always found them to be whiter.
 
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