PC Bulb Recommendations Please
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Topic: PC Bulb Recommendations Please
Posted By: vadryn
Subject: PC Bulb Recommendations Please
Date Posted: April 11 2009 at 8:04pm
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I'm going to order 2 or 3 96w PC bulbs for my 90g tank and would like some suggestions for which bulbs to get. I'll be ordering from Reefgeek. I already got one 12k from them that really impressed me, so I will go back to them for the rest of my bulbs.
I was thinking to get 2 of their 12k / Actintic combos and then maybe a straight Actintic so I'd have one each of the 12k and Actintic and 2 mixed. Will this give me good color? I'm asking here because I can't afford to do it wrong.
Thanks in advance.
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Posted By: vadryn
Date Posted: April 14 2009 at 10:50am
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I guess I was too polite here... "Please" ... "Thanks" ... 3 days and no one can be bothered to share an opinion. Oh well...
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Is there too many PC snobs? C'mon folks, color combinations of bulbs is relevent regardless of the hardware.Posted By: Jeremyw
Date Posted: April 14 2009 at 1:04pm
| what do you have in your tank? I have done both combos and straight actinics and personally in my tank i didnt see a big difference..... i wish I could be more help but I got both they did about the same for me, i couldnt really see any differences. I hope this somewhat help out. |
Posted By: vadryn
Date Posted: April 14 2009 at 1:09pm
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In your experience, do I need "any" white bulbs, or will the Actintic/12k(pink) combo be full spectrum enough?
And sorry about the petulant post - still looking for a "tantrum" smiley.
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Posted By: Ryan Thompson
Date Posted: April 14 2009 at 1:14pm
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I have never used PC bulbs but know quite a bit about T5. The tough thing is there are no blue bulbs in PC. The UVL 75/25 Aquablue bulb is pinkish purple. I would run this: UVL SA/75-25 UVL SA/75-25 UVL SA/12000K UVL SA/12000K You will need to run just 2 types of bulbs so you get an even look.
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Posted By: dduts
Date Posted: April 14 2009 at 3:28pm
The whiter bulbs will likely give you better growth but the 12k or even the 14k combos will give you better color. Myself, I would go with the 14k 75/25 combo for both bulbs ------------- 90g mixed reef GOT CRABS? Sometimes I wonder "why is that frisbee getting bigger?"....and then it hits me |
vadryn wrote:Posted By: dduts
Date Posted: April 14 2009 at 3:31pm
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or maybe one 12k combo and one 14k combo might be cool. Do what I did on my last order: I couldn't decide on two super actinic vho's or one super actinic and one aquasun....I ordered one extra bulb to see the difference. You can still use the extra later ------------- 90g mixed reef GOT CRABS? Sometimes I wonder "why is that frisbee getting bigger?"....and then it hits me |
Posted By: Jeremyw
Date Posted: April 14 2009 at 11:45pm
| I would run white light too, I think they would give you much better growth. |
Posted By: vadryn
Date Posted: April 15 2009 at 10:13am
| By white light do you mean a 50/50? Or something like a 6700? |
Posted By: tazman1982
Date Posted: April 15 2009 at 12:52pm
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I personal love the PC's I was runing on my 75 that it was the Dual Actinics, it had 420 and 460 NM blue. It made the corals realy pop. I am running them in my T5's as well right now. and love them.
Run 10K as your main for the growth and then the actinics as suplemential. IMO. works well for me. ------------- 75 Reef 55 Reef |
Posted By: Jeremyw
Date Posted: April 15 2009 at 1:54pm
| I would do exactly what tazman said, that is what I have in mine right now and I have great growth on everything! I have 2 10ks and then to actinics and my corals grow and they look great! |
Posted By: dduts
Date Posted: April 15 2009 at 2:15pm
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Well, I'll say it's nice to see they finally produced the pc bulbs with built in reflectors. That would have been great when I was using them ------------- 90g mixed reef GOT CRABS? Sometimes I wonder "why is that frisbee getting bigger?"....and then it hits me |
