Where to buy T5 Bulbs locally?

[Bao]

Hello Everyone,

Do you know where to buy T5 bulbs locally?
I ordered 6 bulbs from reefgeek but they send me only 4 (3 Blue + and 1 Purple +)by mistake. I ran to Skipton but they ran out of Aquablue Special and only have Actinic and Purple Plus left. I need some Full Spectrum bulbs.

Is there any other place around Boston that sell T5?
Can SPS survive on mostly actinic bulbs? Let say I were to buy 1 actinic and 1 Purple from Skipton. I would have 3 Blue + and 2 Purple Plus and 1 Actinic, will this provide enough Par for sps to survive for a week??

thanks,
Bao

 

[ScottyD]

I dunno where you can get bulbs around Boston sorry. But your SPS should be fine with those bulbs. Blue + is a fairly high Par bulb

 

[gonorth16]

AA and jays in Salem,nh. Have ATI bulbs in stock.

 

[Pat02026]

If you need something to get by, petco sells t5 bulbs. They aren't the greatest, but all the petco's I've been to usually have a decent range if sizes and spectrums.

 

[tommy6905]

lovely pets

 

[MikeG]

I got some ATI blue+ and AB specials not too long ago from Jays when Skiptons was out. Might want to make sure they restocked as I bought most of what they had.

 

[Bao]

Thanks for the replies everyone,

I bought another set of Bulbs online but it is arriving on Wednesday of next week.

So in the mean time I will just stop by Skipton to buy another Purple Plus and another actinic and run it like that until next wednesday. I saw they have one Purple left last night, hopefully it is still there by the end of the day.

So now I will have

4 Blue +
2 Purple +

Do you think my SPS will survive on those bulbs for the next 5 days?
This is the standard AGA 75 gallons tank. I will hang the fixture 6 inches from the water.

 

[Cjtabares]

I would think the coral will be fine with those bulbs.