SRC Member Frosflame Posted June 12, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted June 12, 2006 Hi, For LPS, is it enough to simply use a 150watt 20k mh fixture without actinic lights? And still achieve good husbandry? Or substitute the actinic with LEDs? All advice much appreciated. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jervismun Posted June 12, 2006 Share Posted June 12, 2006 Emm... I might be wrong but 20000ºK is not very beneficial for coral growth be it softies, LPS or SPS... pls do consider... if you like cool blue effect and 14000ºK ain't cool enough for you, perhaps you wanna consider the Aqua Medic Aqualine 16000ºK... quite nice hue with a touch of pink... there's a tank in Aqua Mart just using this bulb. Nice :-) Then you can add 2 actinic to further "blue" it. Quote Tank 60x40x40 Optiwhite Glass Tank Sump Elos 500 w/ Tunze Overflow Protein Skimmer Skimz Kone SK1 Return Pump Hydor Seltz L30 Wavemaker Hydor K1 Illumination 150W + 2 T5 Chiller Arctica 1/5hp w/ Aquabee 1000 Water Top-up Tunze Osmolator Dosing Pumps Grotech 3-Channels Calcium Reactor Deltec PF 501 Computer Aquatronica Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member w3ish3ng Posted June 12, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted June 12, 2006 yup, the par is lower so the coral will grow slower, but it sure look nice, i mean the colour of the bulb Quote Member of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member loster Posted June 13, 2006 SRC Member Share Posted June 13, 2006 Hi, For LPS, is it enough to simply use a 150watt 20k mh fixture without actinic lights? And still achieve good husbandry? Or substitute the actinic with LEDs? All advice much appreciated. Thanks hi, for lps, 20kk is good enough. they love it and u will love it too don't need any supplement lights since the 20kk looks blue already don't worry about growth cos lps won't grow much... they only gain more fleshy yupz... good husbandry is the key to success for reef keeping Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SRC Member Frosflame Posted June 13, 2006 Author SRC Member Share Posted June 13, 2006 Ok, I got 20k as well as 17k bulbs. Will try the 20k ones first. Will try doing away with actinic to see the results. Thanks for all advices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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