Best T5 Bulb Combo For Sps

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.

Best t5 bulb combo for sps.

T5 fixtures consistently produce good results and you can grow sps with t5. I like the blue look though. On my old 90 gal i ran dual kessil 160 and 4 bulb t5 on home depot fixtures. I also have plenty of lps that does just fine throughout the tank.

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. I am looking for the best combo for coral health mainly geared toward sps and aesthetically pleasing. My combo is all ati bulbs front to back blue purple coral blue blue coral blue blue it quite blue as you could imagine. True actinics are great to have if you have room.

Here is what i think i am going to do but before i spend the money i would like opinions on combos. Choosing the right bulb combinations for over your tank can seem like a daunting task. It can be hard to visualize just how each sequence of bulbs will look like in your fixture. But t5 s also require bulb replacement at least as frequently as metal halides and quite frankly sooner than annually.

What type of fixture is it. They are much more powerful than most think and help bring out fluorescents in the corals. Ati t5 high output fluorescent bulbs have been at the. Not overly blue but still enough to have that pop on sps.

May 19 2018 ask the experts lighting t5 bulbs. Many choose to use t5 fixtures solely. I can grow sps down to about 3 4 down. Sps love t5 s i am not sure why but they just do.