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Old 03-11-2012, 08:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Reefgoat View Post
I am very interested in these but I have a couple questions/concerns. I keep hearing people talk about how great the shimmer is. Is the shimmer the same as a MH, weaker, or stronger? I haven't seen too many LED fixtures in person but the ones I did see llooked similar to a strobe light. I would like to avoid anything like that. I find the shimmer of a MH to be alright, even appealing, but anything more I find extremely unpleasant.

the amount of shimmer is situational. The more surface agitation your tank has the more shimmer your going to get because the light is refracting off of the waves.