Best T5 Bulb Combo For Sps

Many choose to use t5 fixtures solely.

Best t5 bulb combo for sps.

Here is what i think i am going to do but before i spend the money i would like opinions on combos. I am looking for the best combo for coral health mainly geared toward sps and aesthetically pleasing. But t5 s also require bulb replacement at least as frequently as metal halides and quite frankly sooner than annually. Best ati bulb combinations for your 4 bulb fixture.

On my old 90 gal i ran dual kessil 160 and 4 bulb t5 on home depot fixtures. My combo is all ati bulbs front to back blue purple coral blue blue coral blue blue it quite blue as you could imagine. It can be hard to visualize just how each sequence of bulbs will look like in your fixture. Choosing the right bulb combinations for over your tank can seem like a daunting task.

After brushing up on my reading for light wavelenths and how coral benefits from it i am going to pick up new bulbs for my t5ho 6 bulb fixture. Was on a budget and had the kessils lying around so that s what i went with would not have been enough light to really sustain sps but definitely possible with the 360s. Ime the best combo for growth color has been either 3b 1 actinic 1c 1 6500k or 3b 1p 16500k 1c both combos provide a good spectrum imo. I can grow sps down to about 3 4 down.

Ati t5 high output fluorescent bulbs have been at the. I also have plenty of lps that does just fine throughout the tank. Sps love t5 s i am not sure why but they just do. I like the blue look though.

True actinics are great to have if you have room. May 19 2018 ask the experts lighting t5 bulbs. T5 fixtures consistently produce good results and you can grow sps with t5. Not overly blue but still enough to have that pop on sps.