Lighting Variations

by **breaknrun911** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:14 am

rite now i am using 50/50 daylight bulbs (2 strips). I was wanting to change out one of the bulbs to a different kind i.e. actinic, blue, w/e. Does anyone do this or think would look kool? Or is it just a complete bad idea. So i would have 50/50 and another color.....

by **Snowboss4492** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 9:37 am

i run both - white light and blue{actinic} some people even run 3 kinds adding metal halides - i have mine on timers and use the blue as morning and evening lights - over night while the main lights are off theres a single LED that gives a little shimmer like moon light - - you might want to check out LED lighting, very cheap to run

there was a guy on here that ran just straight blue light and set his tank up as a deep water tank -look very cool

by **blueshoes2208** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:46 pm

i run the 250 watt halide, and 2- 65 watt actinic pc's, i CANNOT figure out my coralife didgital timer........ i set the correct time, I.E it is 8:42 right now and thats what it says, and i set like certain timers for like i wanted my halide on from noon to 6 pm, and instead it comes on at midnight and goes off at 6 am, WHY? I HAVE NO IDEA......... i have a cord that comes off the fixture for the fan, one for the moonlights ( which now stay on constantly and im sure they are gunna burn out) , one cord that comes out of the fixture that goes to the ballast for he halide and one cord that is the power for the actinics. the timer has 8 slots, the top left two are colored, the bottom left two are colored a different color and the whole right side is supposed to be "constant" power........ according to the box the top left two are supposed to be day timers and hte bottom left two are night timers........ it has 7 time settings which also confuses me........................ im sure someone here has one.........

by **a1k8t31524** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 4:33 pm

50/50 lighting is 1/2 white like and 1/2 blue light..... so you are really all ready diong what you want to do,
unless you switch one to a full daylight bulb and the other to actinic, that would probally brind out the fishes color a little better.

by **fihsboy** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:34 pm

Go to T5's and you can get a bulb called Fiji purple. Its only available in T5's as far as I know.....but its AWESOME.

by **a1k8t31524** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 7:18 pm

yeah t-5's are the shit

by **saltwaterpimp** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 11:22 pm

In my old tanks i ran 50/50s It realy make water look clear and grows corals fast, if you add some purple in there you might not like the color,From experince.
T5s do rock though, And with the money you would pay to replace two bulbs you can buy a cheap t5 fixture loaded with bulbs

by **fihsboy** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:00 am

Yeah........pimp hit the nail on the head........PC bulbs are expensive. Not worth it to me for what you get. You can buy a halide bulb that will last twice as long......and gives you 3 times more light for the same price.

by **jweb** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 4:58 am

I have a coralife PC fixture and used to run a 10,000K bulb and a 50/50. Now I replaced them and run 10,000K and full actinic. OMG the new bulbs are blindingly bright. I can't even take a picture of my tank with just the actinic on. My photos comes out all crazy looking because the camera lens can't adjust it's so bright.

by **breaknrun911** » Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:16 am

so should i just get actinic and that would bring out more color? or should i just stay with the 50/50?

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