Bulbs

[crazymman]

I have 2x54 12000K daylight bulbs and 2x54 actinic bulbs. Is this a good combo for a reef tank? Its a 55 gal.

 

[yote]

I think you'll be alright for the lower light corals.Mostly softies and a few of the lower lights LPS corals.

 

[SeaBee]

I have a similar light combo with some montis up high, so far so good, had the first one a month now.

 

[crazymman]

im thinking about switching the daylight to Geisman aquablue and getting two Geisman pure actinic as well? Would that make much of a difference? The bulbs im using now are the oddyssea bulbs that came with the light.

 

[AdeptMrSniffles]

I switched my Current USA Bulbs with Geismans and my colors are popping more. But that's because I only have 1 10K and 3 actinics.

 

[daugherty]

ATI aquablueplus bulbs have higher par values than most day bulbs

 

[crazymman]

I've read that people run the days then the blues. Should i be running them sepratly or at the same time?

 

[crazymman]

The actinic longer than the daylight bulbs I mean

 

[Bifferwine]

It doesn't really matter. If you turn the actinics on first, and leave them on last, that simulates dawn and dusk better than turning all the lights on at once. The gradual change to higher light from dark will shock your fish less, too.

 

[reeffreak]

For a blue hue-two ATI aquablue Special and two ATI blue+ bulbs.

For less blue-UV Aquasun,ATI Aquablue Special and two ATI blue+

Those ATI and UV bulbs put out more PAR then the Geisman bulbs.The Geisman bulbs are still pretty good though.