Will this bulb combination work?

I will be purchasing a 6x54w Tek light in about a week. Trying to figure out what bulb combination to use is driving me insane... I have done some research and came up with this...

All Giesemann bulbs...

Pure Actinic
6000k Midday
11000k AquaBlue Plus
11000k AquaBlue Plus
6000k Midday
Pure Actinic

What I hope to accomplish with this setup is get decent coral growth and a color of, roughly, 14000K. Will this setup help me accomplish that? I am open to other brands and different setups.

Thanks for all of your help!:thumb_up:

 

I am no expert, but ATI has been highly recommended to me. Plus they get great reviews. I was planning on doing a full Geisman setup, then I was told that the ATI's have a higher PAR rateing. Also judgeing by the bulbs you listed, your tank will be pretty light in color. You may want to diversify a little bit more to accent your colors and give your coral a fuller spectrum of light.

I would Go-
Geisemann Pure Actinic
UVL Aquasun 10,000k- https://diyreef.authsecure.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=55_59_86&products_id=426
ATI Pro color- https://diyreef.authsecure.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=55_59_88&products_id=596
ATI Aqua Blue Special- https://diyreef.authsecure.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=55_59_88&products_id=446
Geisemann Midday
ATI Blue Plus- https://diyreef.authsecure.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=55_59_88&products_id=449

Like I said, I don't have any experience with any of these bulbs, but they all have come highly reccomended by a number of the pro's on this site and others.

 

That is what I was worried about. I have a cheap lighting system now, which surprisingly has served me better than I expected, and I really wanted to get more color. I have zero experience with high end bulbs and lighting systems, so I really appreciate your help. The system you recommended looks like it will put out an awesome color and fortunately ReefGeek has all of these bulbs.

Would the Geisemann True actinic, ATI true actinic and UVs Super Actinic give off the exact same color?

 

The setup you listed probably won't get you near a 14,000K overall look. I would get rid of the 6000K? and use at least 10,000K. If you go with several 12,000Ks and some blues you should be ok. I run two Aqua Science 15,000K and two Aqua Science Blues, the color is great, a nice blue color, but not too much.

 

If its a solid 14K you want go with the UVL acinic white and the super actinic 03 blue if you want a 18 to 20 K get the 25/75's in combonation with the suoer actinics .. I have always had great sucuess using the actinic white with the super actinics . Good colorand coral growth.

 

Thanks for all of your recommendations, based on them and a lot of research I decided to go with....


ATI Aquablue Special
ATI Blue Plus
UV Actinic White
UV Super Actinic
UV Actinic White
Korallen Zucht Fiji Purple

I wanted to try both ATI and UV bulbs, Geisemann bulbs didn't end up in there after all. I will post pics in the T5 bulb combination thread.

Thanks again for all of your help guys!:thumbs_up