T5 Bulb Combinations w/ Pictures

awesome thread ill post pics of my t5 combo in a few when i get a chance. this thread is awesome for all people with t5s, thanx guitar man K+

 

Guitarman, you have hit the sweet spot with that combo. I am running UVL 10K's and super actinics now, and my tank looks exactly like yours in the "old bulbs" pic.

My bulbs are brand new so I hate to replace them all, but dang. That looks really good.

 

I'm also running aquascience 2 15000k specials, 2 22000k blue, and 2 fiji purples and love the color. I will post pic's when I figuer it out, ya I know but I do fish not computers!

 

oh ya and it's a tek 8 54w

 

Nice thread!

Here is my combo (Tek 54w)

ATI Blue+
ATI 03 True Actinic
Giesemann 6000K Midday Sun
ATI Blue+


Here is a picture when the bulbs where still good. Im going to order new bulbs and will be changing the true actinic for UVL super actinics. Will also change the Midday to a GE 6500k. (White balance is off)


**Edit** Alright I think this is fairly accurate. What a big difference white balance does. Also, Im pretty sure my midday's spectrum is not quite the same when new.

 

hey man it looks great.

 

This is the way mine looks now, I really like the color spectrum I get from it, and apparently the critters do also

It is a (4) T-5 bulb fixture for a total of 216W. started with (2) blue 460nm, and (2) white 10,000K. Now I am using (2) 03 true actinics 420 (1) blue 460nm and (1) white 10,000K




when I get ready for the replacement of the 10,000K I might just get 12,000K just hope that they don't bleach the corals, 216W for my 55g seems kind of bright :\

 

ok I have been trying to figure out how to put pic on here for 3 days and my wife does it in 3 minutes, should have asked for help sooner!
my bulbs are aquascience, 2 15000k specials, 2 22000k blue, 2 fiji purple.
the fixure is a tek 8 54w HO
the camera is a cannon cybershot.

 

Yeah that's Travis's tank.. I pm'd him quite a bit about bulbs. I use the same combo. Love it!

 

How did I miss this thread!!