Aquatic Life Hybrid Fixture with Radions. What T5 bulbs would you use?

[Daniel@R2R]

Hey guys, I'm picking up an Aquatic Life Hybrid fixture and will be running it with radions. What T5 bulbs would you run? I'm thinking ATI blue plus and maybe 1 purple plus.

 

[VermontReefs]

Following - Same Question

 

[rwreef]

I use 2x Blue Plus and 2x coral plus.
Here is a pic of my 75g with the aquatics life hybrid, 2x xr15 pro and the ati bulbs I mentioned

 

[Sidius]

I recall seeing a tank that I liked running a combination of ATI blue plus and True actinic so thats what I decided to pick up for my new build. I haven't set it up yet, though. I'll be running it with 4x Noopsyche K7's on a 6ft tank.

 

[Cmooreinor]

I run 2x blue plus and 2x true actinic. Along with it, I run 2 xr15 g4 pro and AB+. I think it looks great.

 

[Jeff Jarry reef]

All ATI blue plus with my gen5 XR30 blues .

 

[duke62]

All blue plus

 

[fastest302]

I run 2x blue plus and 2x true actinic. Along with it, I run 2 xr15 g4 pro and AB+. I think it looks great.

Do you have a pic?

 

[Michael Gray]

2blue+ / 2coral+

 

[homer1475]

All those blue+ bulbs would be to blue for my liking.

I would probably do 2 true actinics, and 2 purple plus. The purple plus has a little whiter spectrum to them.

It all depends on how you like to view the tank. Any combination will work, just choose what looks best to you.

 

[fishybizzness]

For those running the 2 blue plus/2 coral plus, is the look extreme blue or is it a little on the whiter side?

 

[Waters]

I am running 2 Coral+ and 2 Blue+ at the advice of @Big E To answer the above question....doesn't look blue at all. I actually also run 2 Radions with primarily blue light and it still doesn't look blue.

 

[rwreef]

Agreed, blue+/coral+ doesn't look overpowering blue at all. My 20l is T5 only with this bulb combination and I love the look.

 

[Ricky_Reef]

For those running the 2 blue plus/2 coral plus, is the look extreme blue or is it a little on the whiter side?

I'm running 2 ATI Blue+ and 2 Coral+ with 2 Radion XR30 Gen4 Pros on AB Plus schedule and the Coral+ bulbs add enough white to kill the "Windex" look.

 

[Tiki Reef Joshua]

2 B+ 2 C+

 

[Tiki Reef Joshua]

The coral plus and blue plus gives a much more subtle and natural look while still allowing some pop. IMO.

 

[PghReef]

I run 1 B+, 1C+, 1 P+, and 1 actinic with my kessils. Love the look

 

[Big C]

For those running the 2 blue plus/2 coral plus, is the look extreme blue or is it a little on the whiter side?

I run 2 blues and 2 whites and run Radions on the Coral Lab AB+

Runs a bit on the white side when the whites are on (run whites a bit shorter than the blues).

 

[tautog83]

I run 2 coral plus 1 blue plus and purple . Not crazy blue but I. An always dial the whites down in the radions

 

[2Wheelsonly]

For those running the 2 blue plus/2 coral plus, is the look extreme blue or is it a little on the whiter side?

I feel like blue plus alone are on the whiter side so I couldn't imagine how bad the coral plus would be when mixed in.

This is coming from a guy who thinks radions with whites at 12% and blues at 100% make the tank look WAAAAAAAAAY too white.