Shroom Lagoon Do Over

najer · May 18, 2021

Eagle_Steve said:
Just remember, actinic is low par and makes things pop. Purple plus is blah by itself.

For shrooms and softies, I would go

blue plus
Actinic
Aqua blue special
Blue plus

if it is a 4 bulb hybrid. I am a fan of the Aquablue special when combined with an actinic and blue plus. I use my kessils to drive the white and get the shimmer from them.

Interesting as I hate the aqua blue special, I found it harsh and my corals hated it, I am about to swap down to a 4 tube but the correct length for the display and it will run two blue plus, a coral plus and a purple plus, not a big fan of the "blue" look.

Eagle_Steve · May 18, 2021

LRT said:
It is 4 bulb.
Really should have asked this question before I ordered!
Going to call and see if Its not too late to swap bulbs. Nothing has been shipped yet that im aware of.

You order from brs? If so and it hasn’t shipped they will swap. I screw up all the time and get my quantities wrong on lots of things.

fishguy242 · May 18, 2021

just for input on 6' vho bank would be, 3 actinic white, 3 super actinic,165 watt per bulb .3 set's
blue/blue,blue/white, white/white ,on ramp on ,and reverse off..

Eagle_Steve · May 18, 2021

najer said:
Interesting as I hate the aqua blue special, I found it harsh and my corals hated it, I am about to swap down to a 4 tube but the correct length for the display and it will run two blue plus, a coral plus and a purple plus, not a big fan of the "blue" look.

With an actinic it helps with the harsh look. Stuck in a standard now a days setup, it is harsh. Good bulb for stacking with 6500k bulbs or as a single on a actinic and blue plus setup.

If doing only T5 and no kessil for white, then my whole bulb list changes a lot lol.

sp1187 · May 18, 2021

along for the ride.

LRT · May 18, 2021

Eagle_Steve said:
You order from brs? If so and it hasn’t shipped they will swap. I screw up all the time and get my quantities wrong on lots of things.

Marine Depot. Guess its too late its already shipped. Just haven't recieved update yet.
I think I'll just run it as is and see how I like it. I can balance white with led.

@najer I have found same thing with a few of my shrooms. When I start getting into the heavy royal and cool blue channels my shrooms respond in a bad way.

Right now they are digging the way im set up but according to me seneye im getting little to nothing in actinic spectrum and super heavy on whites and reds.
Im hoping to balance that with the actinic honestly.

najer · May 18, 2021

Eagle_Steve said:
With an actinic it helps with the harsh look. Stuck in a standard now a days setup, it is harsh. Good bulb for stacking with 6500k bulbs or as a single on a actinic and blue plus setup.

If doing only T5 and no kessil for white, then my whole bulb list changes a lot lol.

Pacific Sun 8 tube two foot hybrid fixture over a 39 inch display currently with a ballast out so 6 tubes and the small 75 watt led supplement, trying to get a 4 tube three foot with 2 x 75 watt supplement working, looking at two gen 2 Philips when I can afford them as a move away from T5s.

LRT · May 18, 2021

Just remembered I took this picture with Seneye directly under lamp.
I know my my pictures look super blue lately but it's really not how it looks in person.
I'm hoping to move spectrum peak over to the left so it better matches up to actinic spectrum. Ive tried a million ways to do it with v2+ but its just not happening.
Most of my shrooms react super well to violet spectrum. I know its where i need to be they have been begging me for it lol I just can't get the rest of the lamp to balance without making them mad. Hopefully I turn this Hybrid on and its a dance party

Eagle_Steve · May 18, 2021

@LRT i am mad at you lol.

Now I have to figure out where to put a shroom collection I now plan to have.

LRT · May 18, 2021

Eagle_Steve said:
@LRT i am mad at you lol.

Now I have to figure out where to put a shroom collection I now plan to have.

I'll take that as a compliment the boys should be proud hahhaha
Welcome to the party Steve no turning back now mwhahahaha
BTW nice shrooms man

fishguy242 · May 18, 2021

better get that wet in a hurry...new lights be here Monday..

LRT · May 18, 2021

fishguy242 said:
better get that wet in a hurry...new lights be here Monday..

Should have tank 1 up this weekend. Hopefully tank 2 up following weekend.
Tank 1 is pretty much plug and play at this point.
I gotta say you must have been reading my mind

Also I dont think there's any real way to get out of leaving my original 2 tables up for the time being

Something is telling me I better do it haha