E5 blue pop

[iamfrontosa]

I was asked to give my thought about the E5 blue pop bulbs.

I purchased three of these from JLaquatics. 60" for my 8 bulbs ATI fixture.

My experience
- With three installed, my fixture runs much cooler
- At 60", it sags in the center. But wouldn't fall off the sockets.
- It is not as fragile as the T5. If I dropped on the floor, it won't break.
- Does not give shimmer unlike my old Radions.
- Evenly distributed, much like T5.
- SPS loved it.
- My leathers that were right underneath one of the E5s bleached within two weeks. Polyps remain retracted for months even after that particular E5 is removed. More PAR than blue+ ???
- I wouldn't use it as a stand alone. Great as supplement or dusk/dawn with Actinic or blue +. The E5 Blue Pop is much more blue than the Blue+.
- My yellow, and green corals glow under the Blue Pop.

I now only run one E5 Blue Pop bulb with seven other T5s.



Third from LEFT


Sag


E5 & Actinic +


Super Blue, Act +, E5 blue pop, Purple +, SB, Act +, Aquablue Special, SB.