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Acclimating tank to new light bulbs


Mitchell

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I just remembered that my new ATI t5 light bulbs are coming tomorrow. I am currently using two 12,000k odyssea bulbs and two actinic odyssea bulbs. I am switching to: 2 ATI blue+, 1 ATI aqua blue and an ATI purple+, so its a change in both par and spectrum. Do I need to acclimate my coral and clam to the new light bulbs, or do I just run them as normal.

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I just remembered that my new ATI t5 light bulbs are coming tomorrow. I am currently using two 12' date='000k odyssea bulbs and two actinic odyssea bulbs. I am switching to: 2 ATI blue+, 1 ATI aqua blue and an ATI purple+, so its a change in both par and spectrum. Do I need to acclimate my coral and clam to the new light bulbs, or do I just run them as normal.[/quote']

 

So you are going from PC to T5? What is the total wattage for each fixture?

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So you are going from PC to T5? What is the total wattage for each fixture?

 

Nope the odyssea bulbs are T5 also. I am using the same fixture, just switching bulbs. I am running the blue+ for normal hours, but I am only running the aquablue and purple+ for 4 hours. Each day I'll leave them on a little longer. Does this sound like a good strategy?

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