phastroh
Do Not Listen To Me!!!
I run a Marineland Pro light system.
It has the 3 x 150MH 14,000K bulbs that are up to 4 hours a day 1 month into the new lighting set-up so my corals can adjust.
It also has the 8x39 T5's which I run 4 Actinic and 4 Daylight 10K's.
I was thinking of just going with all 8 Actinic and not running the daylights at all. I am just not the happiest with the color of the tank.
The MH bulbs had the tank looking sky blue when it was empty but now that it is filled it has dulled down from the great sky blue look it once had. The bulbs are new.
My only concern would be what I was losing from swapping out the 4 10k for the 4 other Actinic bulbs.
I have read all Actinic is bad for algae in one place and one said it isn't. I do have those little orangy spots in the corners that I have to always scrape off and this is with running Carbon, Big Skimmer, a lot of Chaeto, Large 36watt UV and cutting feeding down to one cube a day for 12 fish.
I had eggcrates on the tank when I started the MH bulbs(old tank only had T5's) and was running the 3 MH's for only 3 hours to start but have since removed the eggcrate and went up to 4 hours of MH.
I figured I would be running the MH here shortly for about 5 hours with no eggcrate since it has been 2 weeks since I started the 4 hours of MH.
When I got the lights they only had 8 Actinic T5's but Marineland sent me the 4 Actinic and 4 Daylights as replacements.
Any info from experienced people.
It has the 3 x 150MH 14,000K bulbs that are up to 4 hours a day 1 month into the new lighting set-up so my corals can adjust.
It also has the 8x39 T5's which I run 4 Actinic and 4 Daylight 10K's.
I was thinking of just going with all 8 Actinic and not running the daylights at all. I am just not the happiest with the color of the tank.
The MH bulbs had the tank looking sky blue when it was empty but now that it is filled it has dulled down from the great sky blue look it once had. The bulbs are new.
My only concern would be what I was losing from swapping out the 4 10k for the 4 other Actinic bulbs.
I have read all Actinic is bad for algae in one place and one said it isn't. I do have those little orangy spots in the corners that I have to always scrape off and this is with running Carbon, Big Skimmer, a lot of Chaeto, Large 36watt UV and cutting feeding down to one cube a day for 12 fish.
I had eggcrates on the tank when I started the MH bulbs(old tank only had T5's) and was running the 3 MH's for only 3 hours to start but have since removed the eggcrate and went up to 4 hours of MH.
I figured I would be running the MH here shortly for about 5 hours with no eggcrate since it has been 2 weeks since I started the 4 hours of MH.
When I got the lights they only had 8 Actinic T5's but Marineland sent me the 4 Actinic and 4 Daylights as replacements.
Any info from experienced people.
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