Need help selecting bulbs

[Daddysdodgers]

Hello all! I am new to aquarium advice, so lets see how this goes. I just found a killer deal on a 48 inch 8 bulb tek light, that is currently set up for growing plants. I need to swap the bulbs out, and dont know which way to go. I was thinking of going with 4 acintics, and two fiji purples, but not sure what to use for whites. I keep a mixed reef, with sps and Lps corals. I am replacing two 120 watt LED panels. Any advice is greatly appreciated, and I will post pics and add to my profile soon. Thanks in advance, and I look foward to meeting some new reefing friends here!!

 

[Sniperhank]

When I was running a 4 bulb T5HO, I ran 2 aquablue specials, 1 blue plus, and 1 fiji purple. Others will chime in so you can give their combos as well.

 

[Mrc8858]

On my 6 bulb tek elite I run 3 420nm actinics 2 Fiji purples and a new generation 14k

 

[AquaRick]

4 Aquablue specials
2 blue +'s
1 figi purple
1 ge 6500k

Great mix and makes your corals pop. Any particular reason you ditched your LEDs? What brand did you use.

 

[Daddysdodgers]

I ditched the LEDs because they are starting to get old, and kinda dull. I got them from reefkoi, they are the 120 watt panels. One of the fans is super noisy, and overall, I'm just ready for a change. The T5s have a "real" look, I guess, compared to the LEDs that make it look that a rave party going on in my tank. I have never run T5s on my reef, so I just want to see how they work comparitively. I got a great deal on the fixture, so I figured I had to try it.