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The bulbs you have are fine, if you want to improve on color you can add another actinic + and a pure actinic giesamann, maybe a UVL 14K
here's how I'd lay it out
Actinic +
midday or UVL 14K
aquablue +
actinic +
pure actinic
aquablue +
midday or UVL 14K
actinic +
I was excited when I first saw them till I found out they have a proprietary plug on them and will only work on the hydor controller :( They are coming out with a 4 way controller but it's not cheap.
I never used amquel, when I upgraded my tanks and moved the sand beds I only used the bio spira and never had a problem or any die off, there is a few places that sell it, ocean county pet center, Allquatics, petco and trop.
here's a link if you want to buy it online...
get a couple large bags of bio spira (large bag for 55 gallons) put 1 in your tank wait 24 hours and test, ammo should be gone, then you can put the clowns in. wait another 24 hours and test again if need be add the second bag of bio.
Maristar is made by SunLight Supply and they use the advance electronic ballasts for the T5's. I only run those ballasts for my T5's as they run cooler and take up less space. I've been running them for years with no problems or issues with interference. Also the cost is substantially less than...