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Jarrett

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i want to take out my aqua blue special bulb and swap it out for another blue plus, i like the look on the 6 bulb units with 5 blue pluses and one purple plus, but i wasn't sure if this was intense enough for SPS, and would it affect the growth rate possibly.
 

sunny

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The purple plus add to algae growth. On a 75 Gallon I would do one at the most. As you said you want to keep 5 blue plus and on purple plus. However the dayight spectrum is important. Why not have 4 B+, 1 purple plus and one AquaBlue special?
 

mbg75

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Mt Sinai, NY
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It's not that bad if you like blue. But you won't be able to see certain reds and pinks. Pink birds best and hyacinth will just blend into background.

The blue+ put out plenty of par. So you will still have growth.

I just ordered the new coral+. Should be here Monday. Supposed to be between AB special and blue+ in color. I'll see how it looks.
 

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