Best Bulb Combo?

[chris88]

the plus is not added white in the ati blue plus, it just means it has a wider blue spectrum then an actinic. corals use blue, red, blue green, orange, to photosynthesize with, they do not use green light. Yes you will get good growth from blue bulbs just like you will get good great from a 20,000k mh bulb which is all blue. But i would run a wider spectrum such as the folowing.

Ati blue plus or kz superblue
kz fiji purple
kz new gen or ati aqua blue
Ati blue plus or kz superblue

this will give you good growth and a nice color.

[digital-audiophile]

On my six bulb Tek I was using

Actinic
KZ Fiji Purple
KZ New Generation
KZ New Generation
KZ Fiji Purple
Actinic

I just changed out a couple weeks back and I am now running

Actinic
Giesemann AquaBlue+
Giesemann AquaPink
Giesemann AquaBlue+
Giesemann AquaBlue+
Actinic


I liked the colour the KZ bulbs gave a lot better but the Giesemann are very much brighter to my eye.

[Magma]

Originally Posted by chris88

the plus is not added white in the ati blue plus, it just means it has a wider blue spectrum then an actinic. corals use blue, red, blue green, orange, to photosynthesize with, they do not use green light. Yes you will get good growth from blue bulbs just like you will get good great from a 20,000k mh bulb which is all blue. But i would run a wider spectrum such as the folowing.

Ati blue plus or kz superblue
kz fiji purple
kz new gen or ati aqua blue
Ati blue plus or kz superblue

this will give you good growth and a nice color.

this combo work well on a 2 bulb fixture?

ATI Aquablue Special 12,000K
ATI Blue Plus

i want to try the ATI bulbs before I go hog wild and change out all the bulbs in my 4 bulb setup.

[freezetyle]

Originally Posted by Magma

this combo work well on a 2 bulb fixture?

ATI Aquablue Special 12,000K
ATI Blue Plus

i want to try the ATI bulbs before I go hog wild and change out all the bulbs in my 4 bulb setup.

you bet. a bunch of people just run a 50/50 split of those two bulbs and have outstanding results.

[Magma]

well thats good because I have one of each on order to try in my 2 bulb fixture and I like it I will change out all my bulbs to those