cmoreland
07/11/2010, 01:26 PM
Hello, needed to get some of your opinions on what to do with my lighting situation. Currently I'm running (retrofit under canopy):
1 UVL Super Actinic
1 UVL Actinic White
Both are using high end ATI reflectors. I get pretty good light output for what I use...however my coral growth is next to nothing and the coloring is ok, but not nearly as nice as they should be IMO. The frogspawn, trumpets and hammer are all only slightly green when they should be eye-popping.
I'd like to add two more T5's but not sure what to get, perhaps a 10k and a ATI Blue+ bulb? That or I was going to order a retrofit strip of 12 LEDS to give some shimmer because my canopy is too short for Halides.
I'm open to anything and would really love to hear what you guys think!!
(sorry for the horrible FTS, my camera is a little old)
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7489/ftsb.jpg
and the whole tank (you can see the canopy would have to be cut to fit a halide in there)
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6264/tanksetup.jpg
1 UVL Super Actinic
1 UVL Actinic White
Both are using high end ATI reflectors. I get pretty good light output for what I use...however my coral growth is next to nothing and the coloring is ok, but not nearly as nice as they should be IMO. The frogspawn, trumpets and hammer are all only slightly green when they should be eye-popping.
I'd like to add two more T5's but not sure what to get, perhaps a 10k and a ATI Blue+ bulb? That or I was going to order a retrofit strip of 12 LEDS to give some shimmer because my canopy is too short for Halides.
I'm open to anything and would really love to hear what you guys think!!
(sorry for the horrible FTS, my camera is a little old)
http://img38.imageshack.us/img38/7489/ftsb.jpg
and the whole tank (you can see the canopy would have to be cut to fit a halide in there)
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/6264/tanksetup.jpg