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mrhasan 10-11-2012 12:17 AM

Lights that can make colors of corals pop up
 
Well I was wondering what sort of LED lights (royal blue, etc.) makes colors of coral look more vivid and pop out? I am running T5HO with 10k + actinic (2 bulbs) and I wouldn't say that the colors are looking dull or anything but I would like to make the colors look more vivid. I am thinking of getting a LED strip from ebay for this purpose (just ornamental) so which color of LEDs should I get?

Aquattro 10-11-2012 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by mrhasan (Post 753756)
Well I was wondering what sort of LED lights (royal blue, etc.) makes colors of coral look more vivid and pop out? I am running T5HO with 10k + actinic (2 bulbs) and I wouldn't say that the colors are looking dull or anything but I would like to make the colors look more vivid. I am thinking of getting a LED strip from ebay for this purpose (just ornamental) so which color of LEDs should I get?

I would experiment with different T5 bullbs, lots of pop options available.

ashr 10-11-2012 12:24 AM

ATI bulbs work very well!!

mrhasan 10-11-2012 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro (Post 753759)
I would experiment with different T5 bullbs, lots of pop options available.

My fixture is a 30" dual coralife fixture and I am stuck with just 10k and actinic from coralife. Will I be able to use lights from different brands in this fixture?

reefwars 10-11-2012 12:32 AM

the coral needs to be healthy and lots of color then youll really appreciate actinics:)

mrhasan 10-11-2012 12:34 AM

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Originally Posted by reefwars (Post 753769)
the coral needs to be healthy and lots of color then youll really appreciate actinics:)

Corals seems healthy and happy but the colors just doesn't pop out like they did in LFS. Although my tank has quite a few different types of corals now, there seems to be huge lack of colors :(

Will adding royal blue LED strips help?

Aquattro 10-11-2012 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by mrhasan (Post 753772)
Will adding royal blue LED strips help?

no.

mrhasan 10-11-2012 01:00 AM

So I will have to stick to my lights now right? The only coral that pops out its color is the neon green trumpet. The hammer that I recently got was EXTREMELY green in the LFS but its light green in my tank :(

Aquattro 10-11-2012 01:04 AM

If you can't change bulbs in that fixture (no idea if you can or not) then you'd be better buying a used better fixture, maybe 4 bulb, and try different combos.

mrhasan 10-11-2012 01:06 AM

Yah I was thinking about that too. Let's see if someone with a deal on 4 bulb fixture comes up :)


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