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its only a 55 gallon
I know people who keep anemones and corals under both types of lighting, it just depends on which species you want. Between the two, I would go with the T-5 fixture though. T-5s are more intense, and will last about twice as long, before needing to be replaced. However, I'm not a big fan of buying lights and bulbs on eBay, unless you know exactly what you are getting. It looks similar to the Current Sundial T-5 fixture though, so if it is, that is a good price. I would just be leery of getting a faulty fixture or sub par bulbs.
Mars Hill | Mar 27, 2008
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by Hiker4twenty
I got my new lights in this morning from Catalina Aquarium. They're 36" T5's w/ six 39w bulbs. I have 3 10,000k daylight and 3 actinics (2 are the pink/purple and 1 is blue). I don't really like the look of the pink/purple actinics and would like to add another blue one. My question is will running only two 10,000k daylights and 4 actincs be ok? The only think I'm not too sure on is the 6,500k bulb. I questioned him about it vs. the 10,000k bulb and he said it's actually closer to natural sunlight spectrum and the 10,000k is more a white light w/ a subtle hint of blue. I just don't want me tank to look yellowish, but I don't think it will w/ all the blues and fiji purple. I don't think it takes much more blue spectrum to get the corals to color up and start looking better. I only switched (2) of my 10k bulbs to 12k and switched (1) actinic to 460nm. My eye immediately saw a change to slightly more blue. But thats my human eyeball. The corals "saw" ALL that blue and responded with richer colors. It only took a month to see the difference in their color.
