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[leaffish75]

Wondering if this light skem sounds good. Im currently running 3 actinics and one 10K. Its time for a bulb change on the actinics. So now i have a new actinic white and the 10K is still good. the new light skem would be one actinic in the front then the actinic white then 10K then actinic white. Will i get about the same growth and color?

 

[Anonymous]

I changed my lighting in may (now have just VHO actinics on my big tank), but prior to that I ran 2 actinic whites and 1 actinic 140Wers on my 125. I think if I were running 4 bulbs I would run two actinics and 2 actinic whites. I'm not sure but I doubt there is much dif between a 10K and the actinic white - both are quite white. If you do change to the scheme your looking at, it will be quite a bit "brighter" I would be sure to reduce the photoperiod a bit and slowly bring it back up. And as far as growth/color depends on the coral, most will probably actually show better growth but you may lose some of the flouresing of some corals?????????