150W Mh retro and T5..too much?

[mopar9012]

I was going to but doing just the T5 on my 29. But I found a 150W MH retro kit and if all goes well, I will have over my tank soon.
Do you think if I put the reto in my canopy and change my T5 to both actinics, would it be too much? The are both the 24" 24W.
I had a 175W Mh retro over my tank, it was a little much. I had some algea problems.

 

[mikeu]

You should be fine w/ 150w MH and 2 X 24w T5 actinics. I have the same setup over my 37 cube and it allows me to keep anything I want.

 

[mopar9012]

What is the MH bulb? 10,000K? 12,000K? etc?
Im not exactly sure what MH bulb I would like to use, along with the T5 that is.
I kind of want a blue tint, but I dont want it to be blue all the way. If that makes any sense.

 

[mikeu]

I'm currently using a 14k bulb (Pheonix). There are quite a few choices available but if you like a bluer look, you'll probably want to look at the bulbs that are in the 14k - 20k range.

 

[mopar9012]

20K is too much blue.
Ill look at some pics.

 

[mikeu]

Originally Posted by mopar9012
http:///forum/post/2732125
20K is too much blue.
Ill look at some pics.
Not neccesarily. It will depend on the bulb / ballast combination. Bulbs "burn" differently on different ballast so if you look at bulbs on other tanks also look at the ballast they are driving that bulb with.

 

[fishfreak1242]

Ive found that a 20k is too much blue and a 10k is too much white, so I use a 14k pheonix also and it gives me a perfect balance.

 

[mopar9012]

Originally Posted by fishfreak1242
http:///forum/post/2732324
Ive found that a 20k is too much blue and a 10k is too much white, so I use a 14k pheonix also and it gives me a perfect balance.
thats what I was thinking of doing, maybe a 14K or 15K
But I think it comes with a 10K bulb. So I think I might see what the 10K bulb looks like with 2 T5 Actinics.