Daylight vs actinic bulbs???

[unwired]

Quick question.

My 4ft 75G tank has way too little light for my corals. I'm currtnely using a Current USA 130W setup (both 65W daylight I believe).

I'm thinking of upgrading to a 4 bulb 260W setup. Should I get the 2 actinics or do I go with four daylights?

I don't really care much about having blue lights on at night but I do want the corals to get whatever lighting they need. I suppose my questions is really do the actinics put out the full power at only the correct wavelength or am i just better off with daylight bulbs which include that spectrum anyhow?

Thanks,
Ken

 

[Killerdrgn]

if you just want light and no blue then get 10,000k bulbs. And you should really invest in a T-5 setup instead of another Power Compact fixture.

 

[JLAudio]

ddefinitly get some actinics, it will look a much better and really bring out all the colors on fish and corals

 

[nanoreefer22]

I'm with Killer, instead of investing in another, larger, power compact setup, look into T-5's.

 

[unwired]

Is that based on quality of the light itself or cost of bulbs?


So far I've found
*Power compact units at 260W
*T6 unit at 216W (extra 54W – 12000K, Actinics at $6.00/ea)
*T5 unit at 216W

all at relatively the same prices.

decisions decisions...

 

[Killerdrgn]

T5's put more Par per wattage than PC's and T6. just get the T5 and make sure they have individual reflectors.

 

[NYreefNoob]

go with the 6 bulb config though. and what type of corals do you have ?

 

[unwired]

The coral that's been suffering the most is the Sin. He perks up from time to time but seems to be suffering/droopy over all. Other corals include on Brain (which is also kind of sad looking) two frog spawns. (doing real nicely) a toadstool, cabbage, a few some rics and some zoos. I also have two kenya tree frags and a colt coral frag all pretty high up and doing OK.

I've have to look into the individual reflector thing. I think the units I've been looking at are on the cheaper end of things.

Thanks.

 

[Killerdrgn]

get something like this if it's in your budget

http://www.carolinareefs.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=5&currency=USD