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rezac
12/14/2014, 01:09 PM
I have a 6 bulb aquatic life light over my 210. I am curious to what people suggest for the bulbs to use for my lps corals and zoas. Right now I have an acintic blue, another acintic blue, acintic purple, acintic blue, 10k and acintic blue. I have more 10k bulbs and more purple bulbs also. What is the best arrangement that you suggest?

Thanks,
Craig

rtparty
12/14/2014, 01:30 PM
I'd switch to ATI bulbs. They are far better than Aquatic Life. Something like 4 blue plus and 2 coral plus is a good starting point.

With what you have I'd 3 or 4 blue and the rest 10k. The actinic bulbs have very little PAR

rezac
12/14/2014, 02:03 PM
Sounds good to me. I will switch out my purple for a 10k and then invest in new bulbs

SeargentSlice
12/14/2014, 05:42 PM
Coral plus / Blue plus 1:1 ratio you wont be sorry :D

rezac
12/14/2014, 07:40 PM
Perfect. I will order some tomorrow. I want to make sure my corals are growing well before I start buying more.