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Old 01-25-2018, 05:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Slayer33 View Post
I'm a little confused in the lighting area... my tank is a 60 gallon, 18" tall.

I used to run a 36" Current Orbit IC light but was told this wasn't sufficient... so I supplemented it with a dual 36" T5HO with ATI bulbs... eventually I was told that a quad T5HO is better than the setup with the LED.. so I got rid of the Current Orbit and replaced it with another dual 36" T5HO fixture, and am now running it with 2x Blue Plus, 1 - Coral Plus and 1- Purple
4 bulbs should be just fine. Change them regularly and you should see decent growth and excellent coloration.
Sometimes I prefer t5s over LED the way they light up the tank dispersion wise....I just don't wanna spend 100 bucks every 9 months changing them.

Last edited by Myka; 01-25-2018 at 12:26 PM.
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