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kay181 
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 1:35am |
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what t5 and color should i run on a standard 55 gal would like to keep sps and lps how many bulbs thanks
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day light scares me im going back under
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 8:38am |
55 gal are not very deep, I think you could only fit 4 bulb in a retrofit or in fixtures you could probably go 5 bulb
4 bulb ATI is super nice
5 bulb
My question would be how blue do you like your tanks to look? SPS would require high light so you would probably want all bulbs will good PAR, in 4 bulb I would do
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ATI Blue plus
ATI aquablue special
ATI Blue Plus
ATI aquablue special
Or if you do not want quite as blue
ATI Blue Plus
ATI aquablue special
ATI Blue Plus
UVL 12000k (50/50) or the UVL aquasun if you want to bring out the reds more
Personally I still like the look the UVL superactinic bulb gives, it really pops the colors but if you are focused on SPS the superactinic bulb does not have very good PAR, I would put one in the 5 bulb if it was me.
On my tank I don't have SPS and really am just going for color, right now I am running
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UVL super Actinic
ATI blue Plus
UVL super Actinic
UVL 14000k 75/25, I also have an aquasun that I can not decide if I like better than the 75/25 and keep switching with
I just like the crazy neon glow the super actinic brings out in my zoas. gsp, and candycanes
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Scott Noyce
90G reef ready AGA display
basment 20G sump, 29G fuge
4x54 watt T5 retro SLR
Octopus NW150
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snoyce
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 8:51am |
I just saw your other post in the buy and sell, if this is a frag tank, I would be looking for the best growth for cheap, so I would probably do
Blue plus
GE 6500K Daylight
Blue Plus
GE 6500k Daylight
The GE bulb is only around $13 and has a really good PAR rating, combine that with the Blue plus which has good par and is deep into the blues, you would have awsome sps growth and still good color and cheaper bulbs
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Scott Noyce
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basment 20G sump, 29G fuge
4x54 watt T5 retro SLR
Octopus NW150
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kay181
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Posted: July 13 2009 at 11:31am |
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they are not the same the 55 is for my son he just upgraded to a 55 and wants to start and adding sps
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Posted: July 15 2009 at 1:45am |
Snoyce has some good recommendations. It really depends on what you are looking for. If you want a retro fit kit then I would run the Aquactinics reflectors and mounts. You could get 6 over the tank that way and really fine tune the color he wants.
If you are looking at a fixture then I would run the Aquactinics TX5.
For 4 bulbs:
ATI Blue Plus KZ Fiji Purple ATI Aquablue ATI Blue Plus
5 bulbs:
ATI Blue Plus KZ Fiji Purple ATI Blue Plus ATI Aquablue or GE 6500K ATI Blue Plus
6 bulbs:
ATI Blue Plus KZ Fiji Purple or UVL 75/25 ATI Blue Plus UVL Actinic White ATI Aquablue ATI Blue Plus
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Posted: August 08 2009 at 8:33am |
What is PAR and how does it affect my reef?
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Kenna
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Posted: August 08 2009 at 9:19am |
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PAR is basically (really basic) How bright the light is. Meaning a higher par will go deeper in your water with good light rather than fading out because it is not bright enough. I am sure someone on here can explain it much better. But that is the general idea
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Ryan Thompson
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Posted: August 08 2009 at 12:57pm |
PAR is not how "bright" light is. The highest PAR T5 bulb is the ATI Blue Plus and yet it is one the dimmest bulbs you can get. The ATI Aquablue is one of the brightest bulbs but has less PAR than an ATI Blue Plus.
PAR is Photosynthetic Active Radiation. In easy terms, it is how much light is reaching the corals that the corals can use for photosynthetic purposes. Some corals require a lot of PAR and others not so much. Most of your SPS like over the 250-300 range, IMO and most LPS like anywhere from 80-120. Softies can get away with low numbers. I read a report recently where the guy had the majority of his softies sitting under about 20 PAR and they were growing like crazy.
So the more PAR, the more growth for the most part. More PAR also means you can keep more corals and a larger diversity of corals.
Here is a great read about PAR. Very compicating but very, very good.
Hope that helps!
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