Time to replace bulbs, any advice on which spectrum combo I should go with??

[iroc2zep]

Well, Its that time to replace my 4-54watt T5 bulbs in my fixture, I currently have 4 of the ATI blue plus bulbs(460nm) that I have been happy with. Cant decide if I want to try somthing different or stick with what I have. I also have 2 250watt 14k MH in same fixture that I just replaced.Tank is mostly sps lps. My thought going forward is splitting up from just the 460nm and going 2 460s and 2 420s. Or mabey another combo that anybody has experimented with that they really enjoyed. Thanks for any input

 

[jarrodsanborn]

i agree, try 50/50 blue plus and actinic combo for a while. Or if you have some nicer red/orange colored corals, you could try a pink/purple bulb to highlight them, but only use 1 as it will shift your color alot.

 

[P-Nut]

Have things been growing? Do corals look happy?

If the answer is YES, then why change things?

 

[this is me]

Check out reefgeek.com for bulb selection and color temps
http://blog.reefgeek.com/2013/07/popular-t5-bulb-combos.html?m=1

 

[MisFit]

I was getting a little bored with the windex look of the 1:1 ration of aquablue+ and actinic+ bulbs so I changed it up on my last change and Im loving the new color. I like my tanks on the blue side but they were just way too blue. From front to back the new bulbs are a Giesemann lagoon blue, aquapink, actinc +, aquablue+. The reds and purples now pop as well as the greens, the corals look great and the water isnt as blue.

 

[iroc2zep]

thanks for input, great link for reef geek bulb selection...i think im going with 2x ati blue plus, 1 purple plus and 1 coral plus. i feel its too blue right now with the 4x blue plus