Best ati bulbs for reef?

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CleverBs

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I have a coral life 4 bulb fixture with 2 moon lights on my reef tank and I want to replace the stock bulbs with 4 ati bulbs. My original plan was to test 2x aqua blue specials and 2x blue plus. However I see they have a new bulb called the coral plus and It says it's 50% aqua blue special, 40% blue plus, 10% purple plus. The only thing is idk if this would be better then my other set up. If it is what combo should I get beings its parts of each would I want to just get 4x coral plus? Or should I mix them. I just want to get the best possible lighting beings I'm spending 80$ on bulbs....
 
the coral plus is a cross between the thre it has more blue and more orange then a normal aquablue special and puts out a tad bit more par
 
i realize this but the color is 2nd to the benefit the lighting has to coral growth so i want the best combination of bulbs to give optimal growth. So what would that be.
 
Actually when I pick out lights I want the full color spectrum as much as possible I like the aquablue, blue plus and purple plus combination. Once the purple plus burns in for a month or so then it isn't nearly as red or at least my particular bulb wasn't.
 
Actually when I pick out lights I want the full color spectrum as much as possible I like the aquablue, blue plus and purple plus combination. Once the purple plus burns in for a month or so then it isn't nearly as red or at least my particular bulb wasn't.

That's why I'm thinking of using 4 of the coral plus bulbs because they have the fullest color spectrum. I just don't know If that's the best combination.
 
i was goign to say that but i don't know how much blue is actually in themcompared to if you had a blue plus
 
i understand that lol but how the actuall look in color is what i meant. you still might want to throw a blue plus in
 
Here are what I see as my options for the set up let me know what you think is the best fit and why.

Set up 1:
Blue+
Aqua blue special
Coral+
Blue+

Set up 2:
Blue+
Coral+
Blue+
Coral+

Set up 3:
4x coral+
 
well i havent a clue on what to do and i have to tell the guy what i want today so he can order them for me...I guess ill just have to hope that i get the right set of bulbs beings no one must have any knowledge on this topic.
 
ton their website it sats they are having troubles with their phones and e mails so they may not answer
 
ton their website it sats they are having troubles with their phones and e mails so they may not answer

I have called them 4 days in a row leaving msgs with no reply. I've also emailed them and have gotten no reply its really starting to bother me because they are the only ones that I think can give me the information I'm looking for beings I have done like 4 hours of googling to try and find some information about it and have come up with nothing.
 
I have been advice by reef geeks to go with this set up for the best color spectrum

Blue+
Purple+
Blue+
Coral+
 
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