best t5ho 2 bulb combos for supplimental lighting?

[foreverfortune]

Originally Posted by JDigital

As promised. I shot these with IDENTICAL camera settings.

My Lighting Info:

Metal Halides: Bulbs - Ushio 14K (5 months old) powered by a Galaxy Electronic Ballast w/ Lumenmax3 Reflectors.

T5's: Bulbs - 1x Giessmann Actinic+ & 1x Giessmann True Actinic powered by Hagen GLO Retro Ballast w/ TEKII Retro Reflectors.



As you can see, a dramatic difference. Even more than I was expecting, but it actually provided me with the color I was hoping to get.

nice that made a whole lot of difference with your actinics it became more crisp and less yellow.

[foreverfortune]

Originally Posted by Myka

I find the Fiji Purples to actually be quite pinkish/reddish/purple. I wouldn't want to run exclusively Fiji Purples for supplemental lighting. I would go with a UVL Actinic as they have a much higher PAR than Giesemann True Actinic. Both bulbs are 420 nm. I'm not a fan of Giesemann bulbs due to poor PAR values as well the whole bulb doesn't light up, the last inch or so on each end stays dark.

yea thats the setup i may just go with and give it a shot. kz fiji purple and uri super actinic blue. read somewhere uri is uvl? or are they different manufacturer?

[Myka]

URI = UVL just depends who you talk to. One call it one way, others call it the other way.

Originally Posted by JDigital

As for the last inch, that's how every T5 bulb I have ever tried has been, not just Giesemann's.

Giesemann's are the worst for it. The Grim Reefer on RC had some photos posted which clearly illiustrated how Giesemann bulbs were the worst for not lighting up the ends of the bulb. I have not been happier since changing away from Giesemann bulbs. I find their bulbs don't hold their spectrum very long either. That's just my experience though.