Zoa Lighting

[Beanz]

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[daniella3d]

Well I gave you a suggestion with 2x actinic, 1 x fiji purple and 1 x aquablue special or 20k bulb.

Else it basicaly a matter of personal taste. You could put 2 x aquablue special and 2 x actinic.

Originally Posted by Beanz

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[Beanz]

Could u maybe post that setup u have along with the bulbs u have too plz? or maybe give me a link plz?

[daniella3d]

If you want to have some reference of what's available, here at goreef there are some of the available bulb:

http://www.goreef.com/54W-T5-Fluorescent-bulbs/

You coud 2 actinic like these:

http://www.goreef.com/ATI-T5-HO-54W-ACTINIC.html or

http://www.goreef.com/UV-Lighting-T5...r-Actinic.html

and one Fiji purple:

http://www.goreef.com/Korallen-Zucht...ple-T5-HO.html

And one aquablue special:

http://www.goreef.com/ATI-T5-HO-54W-...E-SPECIAL.html

or this one, but more expensive:

http://www.goreef.com/Korallen-Zucht...00K-T5-HO.html

So you would get 2 actinic which you put on one switch and one fiji purple and one aquablue which you put on another switch, so that way you can shut off the purple and aquablue and leave only actinic in the evening to make the coral color pop. You could only use the 12k or 14k and the fiji purple for 6 or 7 hours per day, mid day for the growth and use the actinic in the evening for pop.

Originally Posted by Beanz

Could u maybe post that setup u have along with the bulbs u have too plz? or maybe give me a link plz?

[Skimmerking]

you want cheap lighting
get 2x normal florescent shop fixtures and run 2x NO actinic's and 2x 6500K normal florescent from Canadian tire

[Beanz]

Ok thanks guys, i think ill get the tek light cause the tank is in my room and i want that sleek look. i think ill get what daniella3d suggested with the 2 actinics and a purple and the 14000k white one. just outta curiosity what do fiji purples do? good for growth or what?

[daniella3d]

I am not so sure what they do for zoanthids but since they help to color up some sps I am thinking it's a good base for coloring up zoanthids as well.

I consider that when I have this and the 14k light I get a good wavelength of light and this add some red light that might be missing otherwise. I think it's a more complete wavelength of light with the fiji purple. Some people don't like it as it add some reddish tint, but I wanted to try it and see if it was enhancing the colors of my corals. Too early to tell but there is good growth anyway

Here in this threat you can see the difference in light the fiji add. Scroll at the bottom of that page and see the pics.

http://www.canreef.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=43277

Here is another good thread about the effect of the fiji purple:

http://www.ultimatereef.net/forums/s...d.php?t=199114


If you don't like the fiji purple look you could go with 2 x actinic and 2 x aquablue special or 2 x new generation.

Originally Posted by Beanz

Ok thanks guys, i think ill get the tek light cause the tank is in my room and i want that sleek look. i think ill get what daniella3d suggested with the 2 actinics and a purple and the 14000k white one. just outta curiosity what do fiji purples do? good for growth or what?

[Beanz]

ok ill have to think about what i want. thanks for the info tho. ill get back to this thread in like a month with pics of what i have. when i have the cash i will b buying this stuff.

Cheers, Ian