What T5 combo?

[DM1975]

I am looking for a decent bulb combo for my T5's. My lighting consists of two 20,000 k 250w metal halides, four 54w T5's, and four Marineland reef capable LEDs that I use just for the actinic blue lights. My tank is set up as a peninsula and the T5's are arranged two in front and two in back.

At the moment I just have the Coralife actinic and daylight bulbs in the T5's but was thinking about switching them to maybe two super actinics and two Fiji purple bulbs. I want to get the best colors out of my corals that I can. Also if I could use the T5's to replace the LEDs and get the fluorescent look still that would be great. Any suggestions?

 

[Reefing Madness]

I'd go with the SUper Actinics and Fiji, that color will pop.

 

[DM1975]

Thanks. I have also been suggested to use blue plus and purple plus. Is their a huge difference between those?

 

[philr]

Just curious - what size tank?

 

[ronnie]

I'd do two ATI blue plus and two ATI actinics. Amazing colors.

 

[DM1975]

Just curious - what size tank?

125 gallon. 6 ft long.

 

[DM1975]

The fixtures/bulbs I have are 48" and are staggered over the tank to cover a length of about 5 ft. Two bulbs in front and two bulbs in back. Here is a photo where you can kind of see the setup.