What T5 Bulbs?

[Enigma]

Hmm.

If I have to choose between vigorous growth and pleasing colours . . . I'm selfish. I'll go with the pleasing colours.

I found a 40B that I quite like as far as the lighting goes. It may be a touch harsh, and the pinks still look a bit blah. This is how it is being lighted:

Lighting: 4x39 watt T5s overdriven to 64 watts each. One of each: ATI Blue Plus, ATI Aqua Blue Special, UVL Superactinic, GE 6500K Daylight.

I won't be overdriving anything (whatever that means).

Some really good suggestions have been made. Thx! Now I need to find more images to try to compare.

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by Enigma

Hmm.

If I have to choose between vigorous growth and pleasing colours . . . I'm selfish. I'll go with the pleasing colours.

Good choice I choose colors as well that promote viewing, not growing. Everything is going to grow eventually, no point rushing it. Sure, you can frag stuff, but once you start trimming, pieces tend to look cut up. Enjoy the long term viewing pleasure.

[Enigma]

Found one another one I really like (the pinks are still a bit lack luster):

ATi Blue Plus
ATi Coral Plus
ATi Blue Plus
ATI Purple Plus
ATi Coral Plus
ATi Blue Plus

Starry's suggestion is pretty representative of that look.

What if I went with 2 ATi Blue Plus, one ATi Coral plus, and one Fiji Pink?

[Gizmoh]

I use 3x ATI blue+, 1x ATI Purple+ and I really like both the look and growth.

[Enigma]

Well, I went with the ATi bulbs:

• 2 - Blue +
• 1 - Coral +
• 1 - Purple +

That should be a good starting point for me.

I was having a hard time sourcing the bulbs from different manufacturers, so in the end I decided to purchase based on what I could get from one single source.

They should be here Friday. I can't wait.

Thanks for all of the help and suggestions!