what bulb would you recommend?

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  1. brunoboarder244

    brunoboarder244 Torch Coral

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    I have a current 2x65 satellite fixture with a 10k/actnic 460nm combo bulbs. I am replacing them soon, which bulbs would you recommend?

    65W Power Compact Bulb - Square Pin

    thats where the bulbs are located and the choices are:

    8800s
    460nm/10000
    6700/10000
    6700s
    10000s
    420nm/10000

    the bulbs are being used for soft corals such as mushrooms, ricordea mushrooms, and zoas for now atleast
     
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  2. benbabcock

    benbabcock Bubble Tip Anemone

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    460/10k
     
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    brunoboarder244 Torch Coral

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    thanks for the fast reply
     
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  4. benbabcock

    benbabcock Bubble Tip Anemone

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    wait a sec, if you can have 2 different bulbs get one 420nm/10k and one 460nm/10k!
     
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    brunoboarder244 Torch Coral

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    would that not make the tank a little uneven, inside the 48" fixture is to 24" bulbs so yea technically i could have two different bulbs but one is on each side of the tank so it wouldnt come out so evenly lit i wouldnt think?
     
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  6. m2434

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    +1. I don't think it will look uneven, would only look uneven if side, by side, not front to back.
     
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    benbabcock Bubble Tip Anemone

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    oh..i get it, one bulb one left side, one bulb right. eeehhhh...ya, thats tricky. coin toss!
     
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    brunoboarder244 Torch Coral

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    yea thats how the bulbs are and yea i dont know, maybe someone who has tried it will chime in lol
     
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    LOL, somehow I missed your last post as well. Sorry about that. Yeah stick with one or the other then ;D
     
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    460nm/10k, get as much PAR into the tank as possible. PC bulbs do not have great power to get deep in your tank so do not waste energy on 420nm light which does not have much par.
     
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