Non planted tank lighting for cichlids to pop

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Jack Dempsey
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Hey everyone I need a lighting combo suggestion. I have a 10ftx3ft 500 gallon with two 60" 4 bulb t5 lighting fixtures. My stock is just a large pair of dovii. I'm strictly interested in the best combo to make the colors on these fish pop. Once again I have a total of 8 bulbs(4 on each fixture) and am looking for suggestions on the best t5 combo to really mAke this tank pop
 
My suggestion would be a combination of warm and cool. 10,000 kelvin for a blue white light and a 3500 kelvin for a reddish light. In combination these two types of bulges will bring all the best colors out in your dovii.
 
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Aquanero said:
My suggestion would be a combination of warm and cool. 10,000 kelvin for a blue white light and a 3500 kelvin for a reddish light. In combination these two types of bulges will bring all the best colors out in your dovii.
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Thanks for that info. Is it a 1000k white light or would it be something like the blue plus coral light?
 
Could you give me some links or a manufacturer and what type of light you Are talking about. I found aqua blue special blue plus coral plus purple plus and blue actinic from ATI. Are any of these the 10,000 kelvin light you recommended? What about the 3500 kelvin what would that be? Thanks
 
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