help me choose what bulbs

jldowdy

New Member
i have a 6ft vho box lighting for my reef tank..... if you were able to choose what 4 bulbs types to put in the casing...what would the 4 bulbs be..... thank you for your opinions....
 

flatzboy

Active Member
2 actinic, 1 50/50, and one 10k sunlight. That is what I run over my 75 gallon each a 110 watts. I have clams, lots of sps and lps, and many soft corals and sponges. I grow just about every thing with that combination.
 

spicyballs

Member
how are your clams and sps doing under vho's? growing "fast"? i just picked up a sps frag.. seriatopora hystrix... got compact flourescents.. hope it works out.. so far i've been doing lps and other stuff... got about 5 watts per gallon
 
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thomas712

Guest
My choice would be URI bulbs.
Actinic and 12,000k 50/50
 

flatzboy

Active Member
Spicyballs, they are all doing wonderful everything is growing and looking very healthy. I use red sea calcium plus 3 for my supplements, I only have to dose it weekly and it maintains all my levels pretty well but I always cary kent calcium in case it drops I can raise it qiuck but so far haven't had that problem. I could not believe how fast my xenia pom pom is growing! It may seem like a lot of blue but it looks cool and my corals seem to love it including the clams, The maximas look spectacular with the blue. I run 1 50/50 and 1 actinic over my 2x55 watt power compact over my 20g high. LOOKIN GOOD!!!!
 

flatzboy

Active Member
Also spicyballs your new sps frag should do great under your powercompacts if you have 5 watts per gallon. I have a few sps frags in my 20 gallon high with 110 watts of light I also have a dersea (did i spell that right) clam in there that is about 3 inches and is always open!
 

spicyballs

Member
:D that's what i wanted to hear.. nice... in terms of sps, i think i'm only going to do the seriatopora hystrix and pocillopora.. none of the acros for me at this time.. :D they look great, but would require a lot more money to upgrade my lighting and what not... hobby isn't cheap..
i've already sold my car, get a second job, and took out a home equity loan...
 
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