best t5ho 2 bulb combos for supplimental lighting?

digital-audiophile · #1 03-21-2009, 01:02 AM

Fiji purples are actually rather white to the eye. Alone they would not give you much blue.

mark · #2 03-21-2009, 01:30 AM

Are you looking for actinic just to get you corals to fluoresce, planning to run as dusk/dawn?

foreverfortune · #3 03-21-2009, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by mark

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

buddyreefer · #4 03-21-2009, 04:00 AM

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.

ElGuappo · #5 03-21-2009, 04:10 AM

i think its quite purple. not to the eyse really, but i can see it in my coral.

lobsterboy · #6 03-21-2009, 05:07 AM

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

JDigital · #7 03-21-2009, 05:51 AM

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.

foreverfortune · #8 03-21-2009, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by JDigital

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.

please do would love to see them.

JDigital · #9 03-21-2009, 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by foreverfortune

please do would love to see them.

As promised. I shot these with IDENTICAL camera settings.

My Lighting Info:

Metal Halides: Bulbs - Ushio 14K (5 months old) powered by a Galaxy Electronic Ballast w/ Lumenmax3 Reflectors.

T5's: Bulbs - 1x Giessmann Actinic+ & 1x Giessmann True Actinic powered by Hagen GLO Retro Ballast w/ TEKII Retro Reflectors.

As you can see, a dramatic difference. Even more than I was expecting, but it actually provided me with the color I was hoping to get.

RuGlu6 · #10 03-21-2009, 11:34 PM

The only thing is that Actinic plus will loose its blue intensity in about 6 month. true Actinics will hold it for about 9 month