Strictly T5 thread

[Samw]

Originally Posted by lorenz0

here is one i have always found interesting

2 ATI blue+, 2 ATI blue special, 2 ATI pro color

I like this. Where are you guys getting your ATI bulbs?

What would be the equivalent from URI/UVL?

[Samw]

This is interesting. A T5HO bulb for $7.95USD. Can't be good.

39W Genesis T5 6500k

http://www.premiumaquatics.com/Merch...gory_Code=UVT5

[Canadian]

Originally Posted by Samw

I like this. Where are you guys getting your ATI bulbs?

What would be the equivalent from URI/UVL?

You can get ATI lamps in Victoria from Progressive Reef. Here's their online store:

http://progressivereef.com/t5bulbs.php

[Samw]

Thanks.

By the way, could someone tell me whose tank lorenzo attached to his post ? I thought it was his until I read that he doesn't use ATI.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k72/jartanyon/cl.jpg

[Canadian]

Originally Posted by Samw

Thanks.

By the way, could someone tell me whose tank lorenzo attached to his post ? I thought it was his until I read that he doesn't use ATI.

http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k72/jartanyon/cl.jpg

Sam,

The owner of the pictured tank has the username "fijiblue" on RC. He was running 2 x UVL Aqua Suns, 2 x ATI Blue Plus and 2 x ATI Aquablue Spezials and then swapped out the UVL Aqua Suns with 2 X ATI Pro Colors.

You can read and see a little more in this link:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1332562

[Samw]

Originally Posted by Canadian

Sam,


You can read and see a little more in this link:

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showth...readid=1332562

Thanks. I wouldn't have found that thread on my own given that the Reef Central Search page only works for me at around midnight. The thread was a bit confusing.

I think I'm going to get 3 UVL Aquasuns and 2 UVL White Actinics for my 5 lamp fixture.

[Canadian]

Sam,

That combo would be quite "white" but I guess it depends on your preference for appearance. I also think you'll be missing out on enough blue spectrum that you won't get the kind of fluorescence most people are looking for.

I'd be more inclined to go with something like 3 ATI Blue Plus and 2 ATI Aquablue Spezial

[Samw]

I guess I'll see how that looks and adjust accordingly afterwards. Right now, I can get a good deal on the UVL's so the ATI's will have to wait. I guess the combo that I specified is the equavalent of 4 Aqua Suns and 1 Pure Actinic as the Actinic Whites are 50/50's.

Maybe I could try 2 AquaSuns, 2 Actinic Whites, and one 75/25. One switch will be 2 Aqua Suns and 1 Actinic White and the other switch will be 1 Actic White and one 75/25.


*UPDATE*

I ordered 2 Aquasuns, 1 Actinic White, 1 75.25, and 1 Super Actinic. I'll see how that goes.