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Originally Posted by Bblinks (Post 757943)

Mostly blue with a bit of red....hence the T5 fiji pink.:redface:

See., that's the issue. It used to be more pink with blue highlights.

I still run my Fiji pinks and blues along with my sols.
I do notice more growth with the LED lighting.
Damn...going to have to start fraging.

Not sure if anyone commented on this earlier but AI should be releasing custom pucks for us Sol owners, you would be able to add in the red/green/violet soon enough. If pricing is the same as the other ones your looking at 25/puck. probably need 2/fixture if you got enough for a half to a quarter of your tank probably wouldnt be a very expensive test.

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Originally Posted by freezetyle (Post 757987)

Jon, my concern is we don't know that those colors do anything extra. and at 12 pucks x 25 bucks, that ain't gonna happen :)

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Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 757842)

And I still stick with my original quote! Due to evaporation rotting my house, I had to either spend money on HVAC, or switch to LED. I choose the LED. I'm thinking not the right choice :)
Overall, the LED have lots of great options. They're quiet, cool, have ramping ability, and the color given off is very pleasing to view. Most of the corals are growing to fast, and anything with blue or green looks great. Even my pink milli and pink stylo look incredible. Really, out of 100+ colonies, only maybe 4 have changed to a less pleasing color. They just happen to be some of the nicest pieces I have -lol
But, that being said, the Radiums had the color, intensity AND whatever it is that is missing in the LED. Yes, they're hot, noisy (due to fans cooling and bulbs rattling), more costly to run, blah blah....But MH IMO is superior light for SPS corals. I'm sure that if I'd started with LED, I'd never consider changing, but having run Radiums for so long, the LED were a downgrade. I've looked at Vertex fixtures over tanks with their "fuller spectrum" and they suffer the same issues as my Sols. So not really a brand issue, but a technology issue, in that the manufacturers haven't quite got it right yet. I'm sure that will change very soon, as there are a lot of SPS owners that are holding out until they see a true competitor to MH for color production.

I was just giving you the gears, I think once you get the spectral thing sorted out you will be find, I have read that 6.5 billion page thread that was linked, don't bother reading just know you need to add some different wavelenghts to your set up. if it is in your hood no problem as you could go with a simple DIY set up. I am sure you can find some one in vic to solder it all up for you. if not send the stuff to me and I'll throw it togeather for you. I think some of thoes OCW LEDs spaced out might do exactly what you need.

Maybe you could make a deal with Milad for one to do a test, where you could pit it over one of the corals in question and see if there is a differance. If there is then you could buy more and make a suplementation system, if not your out 20some bucks or there abouts.

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Originally Posted by StirCrazy (Post 758027)

I was just giving you the gears,

Maybe you could make a deal with Milad for one to do a test, where you could pit it over one of the corals in question and see if there is a differance. If there is then you could buy more and make a suplementation system, if not your out 20some bucks or there abouts.

Ya, I know, you're all about gears :razz:

Ya, if he or you wants to do that, we can work something out. But you know me and wires. We do not get along. No patience for that and with 4 dogs and a 2yo, not a lot of time either.

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Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 757945)

See., that's the issue. It used to be more pink with blue highlights.

Sorry for the late reply but I've been thinking about this piece (I tend to obsess about these things), do you know the lineage of it?

I had a pink and blue milli that originally came from Superfudge's frag tank. It was encrusted on a plug, and I mistook it for a superman monti. "No" says Marc "That's just a blue milli". Sure enough, in his display it was a beautiful blue Millepora.

In my tank it retained it's coloration, and I referred to it as my "Superman Milli". Tangdaddy managed to turn it into the most beautiful blue milli I've ever seen by dosing potassium in his tank.

When I tore down my 180 if I'm not mistaken most of the colony went to KPG007.

So, to make a short story long, if this is the same coral (or something similar) the color is highly variable, and you're in good company if it's blue :wink:

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Originally Posted by Reefer Rob (Post 758211)

Sorry for the late reply but I've been thinking about this piece (I tend to obsess about these things), do you know the lineage of it?

This is one from Tim, I think it's originally a wild sourced colony. Tim would have to verify.

Brad, did you find a solution to supplement your AI sol's?

Me thinks he is still off getting a sunburn..:lol: