Which bulbs to replace?

glad I can help out another 3reefer. if you got a picture of new setup with lights.. give us a peekaboo.

 

Thanks Unclejed, Ill update you guys with before and after pics today.

 

OK, the am is a huge change and one that I really like! Makes for some nice pics. The pm is not such a huge boost I believe ill be buying 2 more blues just because its still verging on white as is. Here are some pics, ill also be posting these pics and a few others on my build thread which can be found in my signature.

PM before


PM after


and a morning shot


Thanks again for all of the input guys and gals, this forum is great for just that reason!

 

Wow, that looks great!! I'm glad you love it. P.S. your tank is really pretty, too!

 

Thanks! So far I enjoy it a good bit more.

 

Also another question for you light savvy people. I run all of my lights in total of 9 hours. Should I cut back on my photo period for a few days to light acclimate the corals or do you think that's too short a photo period to have a problem?

 

tank looks good now. I wouldnt worry to much on the light period. you only changed 2 bulbs out of 8. if you want to cut back 1/2hr for a few days that would be fine.

 

Great looking tank. The change really improves things.

 

Thanks you! I've done a lot this week with lighting. I've had light coming through 2 windows and hitting the tank directly now for the life of the tank. I believe this was contributing to some of the algae that is growing on the face of the rock work. I installed pull down shades and blocked all incoming light. I'm hoping with these 2 new changes ill notice an increase in coral growth and a decrease in algae growth.

 

it will, plus replacing 1or2 more of those aquasun bulbs will help if they are getting old. once a 10k/12k bulbs starts to shift into the red spectrum, algae likes that light to grow.