what t5 bulb should i get?

[tracereefer]

i have a 4 bulb t5 setup and i’m running 2 blue plus and 2 coral plus bulbs. i find that the light just looks a too white and i’m not really getting that pop from my corals unless i turn the coral plus off and just run the blues. what bulb could i swap a coral plus with ? 1. i want to make sure it maintains the proper spectrums for coral growth 2. i want it to look nice with more of a pop. experience is appreciated and pictures are double appreciated!

 

[vangvace]

replace one of the coral plus with either purple plus or another blue plus. Also, have your blue pluses on the outer bulb sections.

 

[A. grandis]

i have a 4 bulb t5 setup and i’m running 2 blue plus and 2 coral plus bulbs. i find that the light just looks a too white and i’m not really getting that pop from my corals unless i turn the coral plus off and just run the blues. what bulb could i swap a coral plus with ? 1. i want to make sure it maintains the proper spectrums for coral growth 2. i want it to look nice with more of a pop. experience is appreciated and pictures are double appreciated!

"Pop experience" is for you. The proper light is for the corals.
Keep your bulb as they are and enjoy them under Blue Plus before bed.

 

[LetItReef]

I would swap it to True actinic to give it a dim. These vid might help:

 

[Bpb]

You can grow corals fine with only blue+

 

[homer1475]

You do realize you can change bulb placement to more please your eyes?

With that said I would go with a true actinic and place both blue+ bulbs in the outer holders. The coral+ bulb is blue, but with more white to it.