T5 tube choice

T5 tube choice

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Hello, I have just started to use your bulbs on a few tanks which now includes a coral flat housing high end Australian corals primarily LPS. I have 2 fixtures which have 2 bulbs each and are 36" 39 watts x 2. I just replaced the bulbs with 2 aquablue+ and 2 pure actinic. I'm adding a 4 bulb fixture and want to have the BEST combination of your bulbs do you have a chart or anything I can reference? Trying to get all colors to pop evenly so hoping you can help. Total I can have 6 36" tubes going and was going to try dawn/dusk application which will have 2 bulbs at a time I can play with. Look forward to hearing back from you and I will say these tubes are by far the best I've found.

Thanks!
Mike

Answer:

Mike
This depends on how blue you like the tank.
The Aquablue tubes are already a 14K type of colour and obviously the more Actinic plus tubes you add the bluer it will generally be.

On my tank I run a ratio of 5 Aquablues 2 Actinic plus and 1 aquapink
Generally on a 6 tube set up I would probably run 4:2 Aquablue to Actinic plus.

I have been trying the new Aquapink and I like it as it makes the red colours extra red and also adds colour to the fish however you do not want too many of them in the mix.

I hope this helps

Stuart

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