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Nigel95 the purple plus was also too purple for me. When I substituted that for a true actinic bulb the greens really began to pop!
I am running:
Giesemann flora
3000K
PureBloom (like a 660 bulb)
420 actinic
Zoomed flora
Here is what the tank looks like. Pretty true to colors I see.
Nice colors overall, I like the greens as well here.. maybe a bit less yellow shades would be my preference.
However in your tank I can still see a purple tint on the background and hardscape. Are you okay with this or does it mean if you try to tweak the purple tint to more neutral that you will have to sacrifice some color pop in your tank?
I also make videos of my tank when I work in it so to make it more complicated I also prefer to have my skintone accurate. But this can be done in post and wb on camera so I think I should aim that it looks like I want in real life.
It's hard I think with research on the internet which bulb will suit me perfectly. Guess I have to buy and try. Don't you guys have a big pile of tubes that you never really use lol?
Currently I have
2x dennerle color plus and spectrum of that one here
dennerle color plus by
Nigel Aquascaping, on Flickr
1x dennerle special plant and spectrum of that one here
dennerle special plant by
Nigel Aquascaping, on Flickr
1x ati purple plus and spectrum of that one here
atipurpleplus by
Nigel Aquascaping, on Flickr
6x 865 osram and spectrum of that one here
osram 865 by
Nigel Aquascaping, on Flickr
Was planning to swap those 865 osram for Philips 965 guess the 90cri would definitely help also maybe with video work with the higher cri..
Spectrum of that on here
philips 965 by
Nigel Aquascaping, on Flickr
While the osram 865 looks very neutral and good to me while making the hardscape I am not sure yet how it will look with plants. Heard 6500k might be a bit too yellow?
Than I had the idea to buy some to add more blue in the mix (I don't mind some blue tint on the walls but I don't like purple)
Sylvania Aquastar 10000k Spectrum of that on here
T5-SYLVANIA-AQUASTAR-10000K-2463_1 by
Nigel Aquascaping, on Flickr
Another option is JBL Solar Natur 9000k (expensive bulbs but if it works....)
Spectrum of that one
jbl solar natur 9000k by
Nigel Aquascaping, on Flickr
So in short lol... have to buy bulbs and just 'try'. However which bulbs are worth a try for my goal so I don't buy ones that will never be used maybe... What in your opinion should I add to my bulb collection to try?
My goals for next layout and t5 bulb combo
- Different shades of green plants / moss
- Make colors of Bucephalandra pop (greenish / blueish)
- Simulans fish
- No yellow tint but I don't mind a blueish tint, like that actually like ADA RGB Solar makes the green really pop and the walls are blueish.
I was thinking about to buy some Philips 965 and Sylvania 10000k ones. But
@Greggz doesn't like this ones. Why you don't like the blueish tint on the walls or what does it do with the colors? You like it a bit warmer?
What
@jeffkrol said looks a good idea as well a red, blue, green and white bulb. However my dennerle color is more pinkish and the ati purple plus is purple would those ones act as a red and blue one or definitely not? The osram 865 has quite some green in it. I tried yesterday a combo of dennerl color plus + ati purple plus + 2x osram 865 but was still a big purple tint visible on the seiryu stones..
Also tried following combo
dennerle special plant
dennerle color plus
2x osram 865
With this combo walls looked nice but slight warmish tint not sure if I like this setup with green plants...