Giesemann aqua pink t5
 

I just pop in one of these in my light fixture(2X150 hqi and 4X54w T5.) with combination of 6 months old actinic X 2 and 1 month old Giesemann pure actinic X1.

with T5 only. everything looks pink!!! not sure how it's like with MH on. but, is it right??? pink is suppose to overpower the blue?? or my actinic are just old.

I think our Actinic's are old, I have the same bulbs and my tank looks more on the blue side, its 2 pure Actinic, 2 Actinic +, 1 Aqua-blue, and 1 Aqua-pink. all are <1 month old.

I don't think the pink color is because the actinic bulbs are 6 months old. My light fixture is very similar to his with 4x39 T5 bulbs + 2x150 HQI. I purchased 4 brand new T5 bulbs during boxing day. 3 of them are UV Super Actinic and 1 Aqua Pink and my tank looks pretty pink too.

If you don't like the look then you have to get rid of the Aquapink because replacing your 6 month old actinic will not get rid of the pink color. Knowing what I know now I don't think I will purchase an Aquapink or Fijipurple light bulb again.

the fiji purple or ati purple plus cause other corals to "pop" with color in your tank. But it requires other bulbs to offset it.

Swap out two of the oldactinics for two ati blue plus or similar bulb.

what bulbs are you running in your halides?

i think the marineland actinics aren't very blue so the giesmann pink is over powering your other bulbs.

throw out the marineland bulbs and grab two giesmann powerchrome actinic plus. They will help balance your color out.

does your tank look yellow, crisp white or slightly blue with just the halides on?

darn... giesmann actinic plus are the only 2 bulbs I didn't grab on the boxing day.

tank looks just white with halide on which makes me thinks those 14,000k are more like 10,000k. luckily I bought a pair of phoenix 14,000k on boxing day :)

note to self: don't take the wife to LFS on boxing day, and make a shopping list.

yeah keep the pink bulb - you will like the color you get once you balance out your bulbs. Bite the bullet and grab the gies act plus - you'll love the colour and i believe they are a higher par bulb similar to the ati blue plus.

Swap out your halide bulbs and see if you like the color any better before you get the additional t5's. They should help shift the colour a bit.

as for your wife.. buy her a gift card to a store she likes close to the LFS. Park your car and part ways :)

good advice... only problem is the 2 lfs those I usually go to. J&L & ocean aquatics, there's another around them.

J&L is in small commercial complex. OA is in a industrial park.

maybe I will put in the phoenix and see.