moonlighting

[kien]

Originally Posted by spawn

That's right I find the lights too bright as is, with a lack of color, or color that is washed out. So I'm thinkin keep the two Gsmn. actinic bulbs and add 2 @ 22k, and your suggesting 14k bulbs for the remaining 2 ? Most of my corals are sps, is that gonna be enough,to maintain good growth? I don't know much about the lighting yet. Here's the rest of the water par.
sal 1.026
ph 8.4
kh 9
ca 425
mg 1350
no3 0

Those are great parameters!

A combination that I like and what I currently run on one of my tanks is..

14K
22K (dusk and dawn)
10K
14K
22K (dusk and dawn)
14K

I'm actually not a fan of actinic bulbs as I mentioned before, they have pretty low PAR value. You can achieve a similar effect with the 22Ks while gaining PAR. Bulb selection is such a personal choice though. What works for me might not work for you, and vice versa.