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Old 06-25-2015, 09:11 PM
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Honestly, I would look at water quality before lighting. Any coral I've bought that "popped" in another tank "pooped" in mine, whether MH, T5 or LED. Anytime they lacked the pop, it was a WQ issue that was resolved by cleaning up my water quality.

Just sayin...But it is not really my intention to have my coral "poop" in my tank, but rather "pop" ;P Did you ever find out why they pooped in yours?
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Just sayin...But it is not really my intention to have my coral "poop" in my tank, but rather "pop" ;P Did you ever find out why they pooped in yours?
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Blue led does give coral that special effect that halide/t5 won't be able to provide.
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Blue led does give coral that special effect that halide/t5 won't be able to provide.
That hasn't been my experience. In fact the most light induced colors seem to be from T5
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Old 06-25-2015, 10:36 PM
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I know the aqua mars one I had made the corals PoP like crazy when the whites, yellows and reds were on.
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