Whose running blue plus and purple plus t5's? Post some pictures!!

[kierstin1993]

I'm about to replace my t5 bulbs and I'm looking for something to make my blue corals and red corals a bit more crisp in their coloring.

I run a t5/LED hybrid with 4 t5 bulbs. I can't decide between:
2 blue plus and 2 actinic;
2 blue plus and 2 purple plus; or
2 blue plus,1 actinic, and 1 purple plus.

Show me your light combos, please!!

 

[sfin52]

2 coral plus 1 blue plus and 1 purple plus

 

[sfin52]

Bump.

 

[sfin52]

I'm about to replace my t5 bulbs and I'm looking for something to make my blue corals and red corals a bit more crisp in their coloring.

I run a t5/LED hybrid with 4 t5 bulbs. I can't decide between:
2 blue plus and 2 actinic;
2 blue plus and 2 purple plus; or
2 blue plus,1 actinic, and 1 purple plus.

Show me your light combos, please!!

I did find purple helped bring out the reds

 

[kierstin1993]

Thats what I'm hoping.
I think I'm going to order 2 blue plus, 1 purple plus, and 1 actinic.
I can always change out the actinic for another purple plus if I need to.
Personally I don't love the coral plus, it's very white in my opinion.

 

[sfin52]

Thats what I'm hoping.
I think I'm going to order 2 blue plus, 1 purple plus, and 1 actinic.
I can always change out the actinic for another purple plus if I need to.
Personally I don't love the coral plus, it's very white in my opinion.

Ya I get that. I like a whiter tank. I love seeing the fish colors. At night it's all blue

 

[Brandont21]

I used to run 2 blue plus and 2 actinic. Now i run 2 blue plus and 2 giesmann tropics. Corals are very happy with the change

 

[sfin52]

I used to run 2 blue plus and 2 actinic. Now i run 2 blue plus and 2 giesmann tropics. Corals are very happy with the change

Why the switch

 

[Brandont21]

I didnt care for so much blue. There was also a very interesting topic on here about the 6500k spectrum so i thought why not try it out.

 

[sfin52]

I didnt care for so much blue. There was also a very interesting topic on here about the 6500k spectrum so i thought why not try it out.

Ya I was just reading that

 

[Launig]

I'm about to replace my t5 bulbs and I'm looking for something to make my blue corals and red corals a bit more crisp in their coloring.

I run a t5/LED hybrid with 4 t5 bulbs. I can't decide between:
2 blue plus and 2 actinic;
2 blue plus and 2 purple plus; or
2 blue plus,1 actinic, and 1 purple plus.

Show me your light combos, please!!

Could a viral plus replace one of the blues with it? My unit comes on 2 @ a time…how should they be arranged??
Thank you…Launig

 

[TehBrainz]

I'm about to replace my t5 bulbs and I'm looking for something to make my blue corals and red corals a bit more crisp in their coloring.

I run a t5/LED hybrid with 4 t5 bulbs. I can't decide between:
2 blue plus and 2 actinic;
2 blue plus and 2 purple plus; or
2 blue plus,1 actinic, and 1 purple plus.

Show me your light combos, please!!

I'm running

2 Blue+
1 Coral+
1 Actinic

It matches my slightly whiter preferred lighting with a slight blue and some fluorescence pop