T5 bulb combinations

[canadianbudz604]

Ok, seemings as how I just bought a 6 bulb t5 lamp, I wanna see your bulb combinations, so give the fixture name and bulb combinations and a Full tank shot with all the lights on! Let's see some pics!!!!!!

[Wheelman76]

I used 4 blue+ , 1 purple+ and 1 coral+ on my 6 bulb ati Sunpower. My 4 bulb Sunpower I run 3 blue+, 1 coral plus. And my Ati hybrid 8 bulb I run 4 blue+ ,1 actinic,1purple+, 1 coral+ and 1 kz new gen.

[Wheelman76]

Here are a couple videos of the ati bulbs to give you an idea of the different colours and combos.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-TbkPJhHkY

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6OSS_PoUX6o

[Slyguy00]

I use 4 ati blue +, 1 actinic, and one purple +. Im pretty happy with the growth and colour I get.

[canadianbudz604]

Where the pics??????

[Dearth]

I just changed my T5's

went from 2 aqua pink, 2 aquablue and 2 actinic

to

2 lagoon blue, 2 midday and 1 aqua pink (Damaged the other one had to put 1 actinic back in)

Before


After


The change is quite noticable

[mrhasan]

ATI 6 bulb dimmable T5HO (36"):

4 KZ superblue
1 KZ fiji pink
1 KZ new gen

[Wheelman76]

Originally Posted by canadianbudz604

Nice tank stink tooth! What's the tank dimensions?

I've just got a 6 bulb fixture for my 36x24x16 tank, and thinking of going with;



3x ati blue plus

1x ati superblue

1x ati coral plus

1x ati purple plus



What u guys think?

I don't think ati makes a bulb called a superblue. But I think 4 blue plus , 1 coral plus and a purple plus seems to be a popular combo. Or 4 blue plus and 2 coral plus , as the coral plus have a fair bit of red in them ,which makes up for a little of the missing red by removing the purple. It will also be higher par going with the extra coral plus

[Wheelman76]

I agree on not liking the pink/purple bulbs much either. On an 8 bulb or 10 bulb it's not bad , but with only 6 bulbs I would prefer to stick with higher par stand alone bulbs. And the coral plus is a very warm "white" bulb with a decent amount of red spectrum.

[Wheelman76]

Originally Posted by randallino

Im not big on the "Pink" bulbs either, so this time:

6 bulb fixture

2 Blue Plus

4 Coral Plus

What do you think?

It will look very white