What T5 bulb colors for Nova?

[rostato]

I am not entirely happy with the color of my stock Nova Extreme pro.
I am looking to get some different color bulbs to make the tank look a little better.
What bulbs should I go with in my 6 bulb 36 in. fixture?
Should I keep 2 or 3 of the 10000K current bulbs and then buy different colors of blue for the rest?
I see they sell a Midday, Aqua Blue, Actinic and Pure Actinic.
What do these colors look like?
I just feel that the stock current bulbs look bland and boring. Not enough blue to them. The white is very over powering.

 

[b_clark711]

Originally Posted by rostato
http:///forum/post/2713880
I am not entirely happy with the color of my stock Nova Extreme pro.
I am looking to get some different color bulbs to make the tank look a little better.
What bulbs should I go with in my 6 bulb 36 in. fixture?
Should I keep 2 or 3 of the 10000K current bulbs and then buy different colors of blue for the rest?
I see they sell a Midday, Aqua Blue, Actinic and Pure Actinic.
What do these colors look like?
I just feel that the stock current bulbs look bland and boring. Not enough blue to them. The white is very over powering.
Search these forums because I recall reading a thread that someone had posted the differences in the actinic bulbs and it had pics! What do you not like about the color? Maybe we can get you squared away!

 

[rostato]

They just don't make the corals pop like I want. For example my striped greem muchrooms look nice, but I want them to look AWESOME!
I will search.

 

[rostato]

OK, I looked around. Sorry for not searching. I didnt realize how much this was talked about.
I decided to go with these as my set up in order from front to back...
1. Giesemann Actinic +
2. UVL 75.25 14000K
3. Giesemann Aqua Blue +
4. Current 10000K
5. Giesemann Actinic +
6. Current 1000K
The first and fifth ones will come on as dawn/dusk
Hopefully that will look good!
Oh yeah and I am fitting 2 of the current power bright 10000K LED fixtures into the light so I can get some shimmer!

 

[b_clark711]

Originally Posted by rostato
http:///forum/post/2714202
OK, I looked around. Sorry for not searching. I didnt realize how much this was talked about.
I decided to go with these as my set up in order from front to back...
1. Giesemann Actinic +
2. UVL 75.25 14000K
3. Giesemann Aqua Blue +
4. Current 10000K
5. Giesemann Actinic +
6. Current 1000K
The first and fifth ones will come on as dawn/dusk
Hopefully that will look good!
Oh yeah and I am fitting 2 of the current power bright 10000K LED fixtures into the light so I can get some shimmer!
No worries! I have looked this site over & over and LOVE IT! These forums I mean! I have been in this hobby/addiction since 1999-2000 and JUST NOW discovered these forums, unbelievable huh? Anyway, that sounds like it will be cool. I just vaguely remember SpiderWoman or someone like that posting a pic of the differences between the actinic bulbs in her T-5 fixture. I could be totally off base with who it was, but I do remember seeing the pic and it was pretty informative. I will say that the power brite LED bar is a pretty cool set up. I had used the Nova Extreme Pro T-5 setup but quickly went back to my power compacts, and with that being said, I have a 120 bow front and I recently purchased the 36" Orbit 4 x 96watt setup for it and also received the 10k/460nm
PowerBrite LED bar, and I LOVE IT. The LED bar when used as supplemental lighting is awesome! IT really does light up the tank even with 400+ watts already beaming in the tank. Their site says that the PowerBrite LED bar = 50lumens/60watts of course I don't know how accurate that is but you will love it as supplemental lighting.

 

[rostato]

They should be here soon. I can't wait to see them!