Review on KZ T5 Bulbs

[chris88]

I have been using T5HO lights for 3 years now and I have tried every major bulb company including ATI, GIESMANN, CURRENT, AQUA SCIENCE, UVL, AQUATICLIFE, and now KZ. I am not biased and I am not being paid to write this, I just wanted everyone to know how great the KZ T5HO line of bulbs really are. I have just recently purchased the following from red coral in Calgary AB.

2X KZ SUPERBLUE (POPS COLORS BETTER THEN ATI BLUE PLUS OR AQUA SCIENCE 22,000K)
2X KZ CORAL LIGHT (BRIGHT WHITE BULB WITH THE HIGHEST PAR TESTED ON ANY T5 BULB OUT THERE)
1X KZ NEW GEN (14K AMAZING STAND ALONE BLUB)
1X KZ FIJI PURPLE (BLUE RED SPECTRUM BRINGS OUT COLORS OTHER BULBS LEAVE OUT)

This combination has made my corals look better than anything I have tried before. It has made me notice colors and corals that I used to over look. It is a crisp white blue color with a noticeable pop in green, blue, and red corals. It is too soon to say how well it does for growth but I will post pictures soon so I can track progress. I have honestly used tons of various combinations of the major bulb makers that I have listed above and up into this point aqua science and ati were my favourite. Well it is very easy to say that now KZ is hands down my favourite for overall color, brightness, and the effect it has on coral color. This has been one of the all time best purchases I have made and I am completely satisfied with the bulbs and the customer service I received from red coral in Calgary AB.

[Red Coral Aquariums]

Glad you are happy Chris;

KZ bulbs continue to get great reviews and better results.

What order did you place them from front to back?

Thanks again for your business.

Kevin

[staceyd72]

Hi Chris,
What type of fixture/ reflector and wattage are you using? I’m due for a replacement of 10 bulbs next month; I’m leaning to 6 New Generations, two(one) Fiji Purples and two(three) Super Blues. Having difficulty locating Super Blues in 80W though (I’ve emailed a couple of sponsors??)


It’s great to see some reviews for these bulbs, especially the Super Blues.

Thanks for posting your views, looking forward to your updates.

[chris88]

Back
coral light
fiji purple
super blue
coral light
super blue
new gen
Front

I love the look of the kz new gen bulb! I would take some pictures but all i have is my camera phone and it doesnt show well.

[chris88]

I have a 6 bulb 36 aquaticlife t5 fixture; it has individual reflectors and is a pretty solid fixture.

The superblues are very similar to an aqua science 22,000k or an ati blue plus but not as deep of a blue color. It’s definitely different from the other bulbs and is more of a metallic blue color and is very close to what the manufacture list it as "20,000k". I was worried that it wouldn't fluoresce as much as the aqua science 22,000k but it does, and it appears to be brighter to the eye, but the eye isn’t a great indicator of par. I think the future par test are going to show that this bulb will have as much if not more par then an ati blue plus. I personally like the new gen bulb better then the coral light bulb and if I were to do it again I would have got two new gens and 1 coral light instead of the other way around. You will not regret going with these bulbs. I also really like the Fiji purple it isn’t as overpowering as I thought and it really helps with purple, reds, and blues.

[TheKid]

What you recomend as a four bulb combo

or an equvalent to ati blue + and aquablue + , and uvl actinic white

[chris88]

Keep in mind this is a camera phone and it does not show the colors very well, but its better then no pics.

OLD LIGHTS

NEW LIGHTS

OLD LIGHTS

NEW LIGHTS

Full tank shot



Coral pics

[chris88]

More pictures:

Super blues only:

[chris88]

4 bulb i would do the following

KZ SUPERBLUE X2
KZ NEW GEN X1
KZ CORAL LIGHT X1

If you really want the red i would use a fiji purple but it might be overpowering on a 4 bulb. If you were to use a fiji pruplei would use this.

KZ SUPERBLUE X2
KZ CORAL LIGHT X1
KZ FIJI PURPLE X1

The coral light is suposed to have 6% of its spectrum in the red so you might not need the fiji purple.

Holy crap (nice camera phone pictures for one) and secondly and most important WOW huge difference I am glad you posted this I am getting the aquaticlife 12 bulb T5HO fixture. How do you like yours? I will be looking into getting those KZ bulbs and along the same combo you go. Simply put beautiful corals and tank. Thanks for sharing.

Jenn