Bulb choice and color are a personal preference, everybody likes something different. With 400w bulbs I haven't noticed a decrease in growth with a higher K bulb, if anything it's been the opposite. 400 watts is a lot of light!
I've been trying to match the color temperature of my halides with what I get with 1 blue+ and 1 aquablue T5, but I haven't found the bulb yet.
Bulbs I've tried so far with Icecap ballast(no actinics on):
XM 10K- too yellow
Aquaconnect- too blue
Reeflux 10K- too red
Radium 20K- as blue as my moon lights
Plusrite 14K- don't even want to go there
Ushio 14K- Perfect when first installed, but shifted just a touch too yellow after about a month
I'm thinking about trying Hamilton 14K or Reeflux 12K next.
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