Best T5 Bulb Combo For Sps

On my old 90 gal i ran dual kessil 160 and 4 bulb t5 on home depot fixtures.

Best t5 bulb combo for sps. But t5 s also require bulb replacement at least as frequently as metal halides and quite frankly sooner than annually. Sps love t5 s i am not sure why but they just do. I also have plenty of lps that does just fine throughout the tank. On my 90 gal i have an 8 bulb tek.

T5 fixtures consistently produce good results and you can grow sps with t5. Ime the best combo for growth color has been either 3b 1 actinic 1c 1 6500k or 3b 1p 16500k 1c both combos provide a good spectrum imo. I like the blue look though. After brushing up on my reading for light wavelenths and how coral benefits from it i am going to pick up new bulbs for my t5ho 6 bulb fixture.

Many choose to use t5 fixtures solely. True actinics are great to have if you have room. I can grow sps down to about 3 4 down. Best ati bulb combinations for your 4 bulb fixture.

I am looking for the best combo for coral health mainly geared toward sps and aesthetically pleasing. What type of fixture is it. Not overly blue but still enough to have that pop on sps. They are much more powerful than most think and help bring out fluorescents in the corals.

May 19 2018 ask the experts lighting t5 bulbs. Ati t5 high output fluorescent bulbs have been at the. Was on a budget and had the kessils lying around so that s what i went with would not have been enough light to really sustain sps but definitely possible with the 360s. My combo is all ati bulbs front to back blue purple coral blue blue coral blue blue it quite blue as you could imagine.