New Lamping Help

[mrobinson86]

I am trying to figure out what T5HO I should put in for my tank.

I am running (3) 250w MH going to run with 14K when I purchase new ones and was thinking of going (2) each of the Giesemann Aquablue+ and Pure Actinics
What are you thoughts? Should I possible run with a 20k MH and like PowerChrome Midday T5's?

Just not sure what the best combo is. I have tons of different corals in here from softies, lps, and sps

All input is appreciated.

 

[charleshardy5]

Just remember, higher spectrum means more blue, I would think as long as you stay above 10k spec most corals will be happy, especially supping with t5, I'm gonna give my .02 and say you should get halide bulbs based on how much blue you want in your tank, I prefer less plus as I feel its a more natural look, I will be running 400w 14k bulbs over my 180 when I get it set up in the next few months

 

[SynDen]

I haven't used MH much yet on coral tanks, But with that setup I would likely go 14k MH and ATI Blue+ in the t5s