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Old 03-20-2009, 11:40 PM
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subscribing to this thread im in the exact same boat also, thinking fiji purple and maybe a giesemann blue plus with 10k mh.
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Old 03-20-2009, 11:50 PM
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reason i am having trouble is beacause there are so many variations of actinics and because i dont have first hand experience with them i dont know how they look so i am just looking for suggestions on a combo.
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Old 03-21-2009, 01:02 AM
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Fiji purples are actually rather white to the eye. Alone they would not give you much blue.
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Old 03-21-2009, 01:30 AM
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Are you looking for actinic just to get you corals to fluoresce, planning to run as dusk/dawn?
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Old 03-21-2009, 01:59 AM
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Are you looking for actinic just to get you corals to fluoresce, planning to run as dusk/dawn?
both fluorescence and dusk/dawn but mainly for fluorescence and color. they will be on timers. will come on 1-2 hours before my mh and shut down 1-2 hours after my mh. i will have a 2x24 strip running on either side of my middle pendant. not sure if that would be too much supplimental but i would need 2 strips to even out the color on both sides. i was thinking kz fiji purple for its reds and another bulb for its blues but am open to suggestions
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Old 03-21-2009, 04:00 AM
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so is the kz fpurp quite white or purp, getting two different opinions here. just want to make sure as i like a crisp white look with pop in my colors.
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Old 03-21-2009, 04:10 AM
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i think its quite purple. not to the eyse really, but i can see it in my coral.
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i would go with just the fiji;s and your 14k, the colors of the corals should be noticable out of water in 2weeks. imo
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I've just added Giessmann Actinic+ and True Actinic to my tank and DAMN do I LOVE them! I also have 14K MH's so I will post some photos tomorrow of how it looks with both MH's and Supplementals.
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I've just added Giessmann Actinic+ and True Actinic to my tank and DAMN do I LOVE them! I also have 14K MH's so I will post some photos tomorrow of how it looks with both MH's and Supplementals.
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