Help what's the best light's for my tank and plants

[nemo14]

Hello everyone !

I need a bit of help to determine the best lights for my tank setup to give the best plant growth.

This is what i'm running now and will be replacing soon because the lamps are over one year old.

Pressurized Co2 is running around 24/30 ppm lighting are T5HO 4 bulbs Coralife colormax,coralife 6700k,aquatic life 10000k,aquatic life 420/460 running at 6 hours a day. Light canopy is 30 inches from the gravel bed (tank has a glass cover that the light needs to penetrate) (The tank size is 150 U.S gallon)

Plants in tank are anubias nana,Anubias barteri, java ferns, Java Fern Windelov, mellon swords,Ozelot - Red and Amazon Swords, Cryptocoryne wendtii.


I was thinking to run with.

(1)Roseate T5-HO Freshwater Lamp - 54 W - 48"
(1)Aquatic Life 6,000K T5-HO Lamp - 54 W - 48"
(1)Aquatic Life 10,000K T5-HO Marine Lamp - 54 W - 48"
(1)Coralife Actinic T5-HO Fluorescent Lamp - 54 W - 48"

Any help or recommendation would be welcomed.

Thanks in advance. 

[nemo14]

Ok just found out that Aquatic Life 10,000K T5-HO Marine Lamp - 54 W - 48" is a no go And Coralife Actinic T5-HO Fluorescent Lamp - 54 W - 48" is no good as well.

I have 4 slot's on my hood (aquaticlife with built in timers) two lamps are ok and two are not can you recommend two other bulbs for the other two slots or can i use two of each. but i would rather have a soft light running for two hours and then with all four lights on at the same time for a blast of light for the photosynthesis period of the plants.for a total of 6 hours. But i know i might need to readjust the lighting period with the new lights. they are only running six hours a day right now because i don't have the right lighting on the tank and i had algae problems so i cut a bit on the lighting time to help control the algae. trying to get the best lighting to make my plants grow better to out compete the algae.

quick question what the difference between a 6000k kelvin and 6500k kelvin is just the Brightness or does it penetrate the water for deeper tanks because my light's are 31 inches from my gravel bed this is 150 gallon deep tank.