T5 bulbs choice.

[maroun.c]

Time to change the lights on my frag tank 48x24x14 its currently lit with 6 54w T5s.2x Pure actinic, Actinic plus and Aquablue Plus
I'm considernig taking out the Pure actinic bulbs and replacing them either by 2 Aquablue + or maybe one Aquablue +with a 6500K bulb.
Will the Actinic plus provide all necessary blue for coral coloration? or will I loose colors? Reason for change is wanting faster growth and also higher par throughout the frag tank so that transfer to my display or high par tanks is easier.

[AndyH5512]

I had once a 6500 in my system and felt it was way too yellow. I just switched to 5 blue plus, 1 purple plus and 2 coral plus on my 8 x 54 watt. I am very pleased with the colors. The growth isn't bad, either.

[Michigan Mike]

The GESSEMAN actinic plus has less PAR than ATI's blue plus becuse the Gmann bulb has more 420 spectrum and less blue/green.

4 blue plus/super blue
1 ge6500
1 purple plus/Fiji purple

Or swap out a blue for a actinic for a little less PAR & a tiny bit of more purple/violet color.a purple works also if you like warmer & purple undertones.

For more white add a coral plus instead of a blue bulb.

[maroun.c]

Thanks for the replies,
Im limited to giesman as thats all whats available here, do you think if i take out the pure actinic and keep a couple of actinic plus it would affect the frags coloration or whould they still be getting their actinic need from the actinic plus.
In my display tank i have pure actinic, actinic plus,aquablue plus and purple plus. I dont like the actinic phas with just pure actinics and was considering switching the pure actinics with the actinic plus for the actinic phases not sure if the corals need the pure actinic spectrum or can get away without it with just some actinic plus which looks blue and have nice par and also creates more phosphorecence in zoos and lps.