Let me know it goes goes for you! I'm 99% sure I'm changing out my orphek atlantik for an 8x39 watt T5 fixture by the end of the year on my 75. Even if you any pros and cons along the way and acclimation, keep me posted.
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YES! I finally found someone who agrees with me! Be crazy with meGive it some time. They will likely look a lot different in a month or two.
I also think that Homewrecker looks better under 14k spectrum... so I am crazy too. There are a lot of Tenuis that need trick lighting, but HW is not one of them. Sexy Corals Orange Passion also looks great under any lighting.
I'm planning on running all Blue+ and then 3-4 Kessil A360x to tune in the color and give shimmer. It helps get rid of that motionless flat look of T5. This is a T5/Kessil combo tank...
Have you thought about adding a LED bar and run all Blue+? The trick is it has to be something that can push through the T5 to actually make an impact.
I'm planning on running all Blue+ and then 3-4 Kessil A360x to tune in the color and give shimmer. It helps get rid of that motionless flat look of T5. This is a T5/Kessil combo tank...
Have you thought about adding a LED bar and run all Blue+? The trick is it has to be something that can push through the T5 to actually make an impact.
I would agree with this, you can then program how much blue you want at different times of dayWouldnt it be better to keep the whiter look T5 and add actinic LED?
Let me know it goes goes for you! I'm 99% sure I'm changing out my orphek atlantik for an 8x39 watt T5 fixture by the end of the year on my 75. Even if you any pros and cons along the way and acclimation, keep me posted.
Your tank looks 100% better now! Night and day difference.
Give it some time. They will likely look a lot different in a month or two.
I also think that Homewrecker looks better under 14k spectrum... so I am crazy too. There are a lot of Tenuis that need trick lighting, but HW is not one of them. Sexy Corals Orange Passion also looks great under any lighting.
Some tenuis dont look great under whites, but when you color and grow them under full spectrum and show them off under blues, some can look really nice.I noticed this as well. My WD looks about the same but I have a couple of other Tenuis that look nothing like they did under the LED's. Hope they just need to get used to the T5's and not that they are turds under different lighting.
I would switch one of your coral+ for another blue+ and maybe even another one for a purple+. Really it depends on your preference but 50/50 C/B is really quite white. I would buy two more blues and a purple and experiment.
Pink Lemonade is such an awesome coral