After over a year for the t5's and more than that for the MH bulb, I finally got some new lighting. I was promted to do this because of the lack or loss of color in some of my corals. That and I think my old lights might be contributing to my algae and cyano problems.
Here's the tank before and after pics. Both pics were taken on the exact same camera settings. Pretty much everything was set to auto.
Before:
1x 12000k Reef Flux, 400 watt, with 2x Geismann German pure actinics.
After:
1x 14000k Aqua connect, 400 watt, with 2x 39 watt Fiji Purples
The difference to me was in the actinics. The Fijis aren't as "actinic" as the Geismann's, and because of this they has greater PAR. The Aqua connect I found to be brighter but only my wife can see it as being more blue than the Reef Flux.
What do you think?