t5 bulbs arrangement

[NYreefNoob]

ok i have 3 tek t5 retro's with individual reflectors. i have 2 10k's 2 65k's and 2 antics spread across a 24" depth canopy. bulbs are 36" . anyone with a setup like this ? and what order are your bulbs before i finalize the wiring. planned to put 10k's in front {most depth to bottom} then the 65k's then the antics in back. any suggestions appriciated. and ty rick

 

[Wes]

try actinic in front and back and swap the 10k and 6500 every other one...

im not trying to bring you down or anything but you might not be very happy w/ the color no matter what order you put them in...not enough blue, IMO. I predict everything will probably look pretty washed out colorwise.

i would wire one of the balasts to power a bulb on the front and back...and the 4 in the middle don't really matter how you wire them.

 

[NYreefNoob]

t5's

was thinking of junking the 10k's and getting the giesmann 11k's wut you think

 

[Wes]

bleh i hate the giesemann 11ks lol...probably my least favorite bulb yet...They put out a ton of PAR, but it's really white and everything looks washed out.

It's just a theory but i blame those bulbs on the faded colors alot of people complain about. When i ditched the gieseman 11k my colors started coming back..I would go w/ something bluer. Maybe some Blue +.

aquascience specials and blues are my favorite bulbs so far. I can't say enough good things about them.

 

[tomzpc]

I agree that's going to look really yellow/white and washed out. If that's all that you have to work with now I'd put the two actinics on the outside, then the 10k's and then the 6500's on the inside. What brand bulbs do you have?
At a minimum I would ditch one 6500 for an ATI Blue plus or something very similar.