Coloring up corals

[fuzzybob4]

I have a general question about lighting and what bulbs are the best.
I have a JBJ 4X T5HO
I'm wanting a white color on my tank. But I want my corals to grow and have great color. I've read that blue lights make the corals pop, and that red light make the red's in the corals pop.
In my tank right now I have sps and zoos and gsp and an anemone. But I want to the colors on the sps to pop.
What would the best color k bulbs you think would be the best?

[350gt]

All ati bulbs

one true actinic ( love this bulb)
Two blue plus
one aquablue special

[FireWater]

Hard to answer because it is a personal choice.
If it were me I would run one daylight bulb, 2 blue+, and a red.

It has been a while since I shopped for t5 bulbs.

[350gt]

Oh and any red bulb on a 4 bulb set up will make the tank pink...

[allan]

I use 20K MH, they seem to do the trick.

[allan]

Sorry, misread the question.

I've tried the pink figi or purple bulbs when I ran T5s, and wow, do they make your tank purple/pink. So plus one on what Tony said.

[FireWater]

They will make the tank pink if you use 2 aqua blue bulbs.

This is why asking for color combos on t5 gets out of hand. What one person likes the other doesn't.

If you go to reef geek and search the t5 bulbs it will give a spectrum that each bulb follows. Might help a little.

The aquablue bulbs will give you a little red spectrum mixed in.

[fuzzybob4]

I don't really need a red light on the tank, but wanted to see what would be said about the red bulb.
i have 2 10k and 2 blue on the tank right now.
one might be 1600k bulb ill have to check latter tonight.

[Big_Pun]

I run 4 t5 as supplement and use 1x Fiji pink, 1 blue plus, 2 coral plus. looks slightly pink due Fiji. I like the coral plus it's an all around bulb, it covers a lil of each of ATI bulbs but is a white color.

I would run 2 blue plus, ge 65k bulb, either coral plus or true actinic

[350gt]

Chris that tank would be yellow with the GE and coral plus with only 4 bulbs.... Even with 2 blue plus...


I know I tried.....