t5 replacement bulbs

[vander45]

i have a coralife 4x39watt t5 light with two daylights and 2 actinic coralife bulbs. i have a bunch of mushrooms zoas fogspawn hammer coral. what would be the best light setup? and what brand of bulbs? thanks

 

[pulpfiction1]

the guy i look up to most about corals and lights required would be rick,he seems to have a lot of sucess

 

[reeffreak]

Im looking at bulb combos for a frag setup looking for growth and color for my frags 6 bulb combo and found everyone has different opinions on whats good

 

[vander45]

ok sweet just wondering i have put alot of research in but i always like to hear fro y frag tank buddies. is glo i good t5 antinic bulb?

 

[ricklalonde]

the guy i look up to most about corals and lights required would be rick,he seems to have a lot of sucess

I have had success using T5s but I wouldn't consider my self any sort of authority regarding corals or lighting. I do know a lot of coral names tho .  Check out the articles below for some detailed info about lighting and T5s. 

http://www.thefragtank.ca/forum/index.php?topic=32.0

http://www.thefragtank.ca/forum/index.php?topic=14.0

ok sweet just wondering i have put alot of research in but i always like to hear fro y frag tank buddies. is glo i good t5 antinic bulb?

From what I've read GLO bulbs are pretty crappy (Spectrum, PAR, quality) but I've personally never used them.  Stick to names like ATI, Korallen Zucht (KZ), Giesemann, Aquascience...

 

[will]

i have 3 blue 39watt high out put 36inch 460nm actinic bulbs made by current slimpaq $5 each and a 6400k t5 sun glow $10

 

[teebone110]

The T5 Q & A Thread at ReefCentral should answer any questions you may have.....

http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1706461

 

[phi delt reefer]

growth - ati blue plus
florescence - uvl super actinic
red/pink highlights - ati purple plus

 

[pulpfiction1]

[quote author=pulpfiction1 link=topic=1350.msg8937#msg8937 date=1313326819]
the guy i look up to most about corals and lights required would be rick,he seems to have a lot of sucess

I have had success using T5s but I wouldn't consider my self any sort of authority regarding corals or lighting. I do know a lot of coral names tho .  Check out the articles below for some detailed info about lighting and T5s. 

http://www.thefragtank.ca/forum/index.php?topic=32.0

http://www.thefragtank.ca/forum/index.php?topic=14.0

ok sweet just wondering i have put alot of research in but i always like to hear fro y frag tank buddies. is glo i good t5 antinic bulb?

From what I've read GLO bulbs are pretty crappy (Spectrum, PAR, quality) but I've personally never used them.  Stick to names like ATI, Korallen Zucht (KZ), Giesemann, Aquascience...
[/quote]

your too modest rick,the times ive seen the stuff your growing and the rate that seems to be quite rapid,id say your a good candidate on coral growing info

 

[Gietz]

ATI bulbs are the best