LED Color Combos

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by reefermadness

IMO the Cree whites have a ways to go in development for aquarium use. I really like the direction Orphek is going. LEDs designed for aquarium use.....not LED designed for home and industrial use and adopted by the aquarium industry.

what LEDs are they actualy using? I looked on there site and the info is pretty limited, but it looks like they are building a conventional style fixture from the pictures.

I have been playing with a couple edison and higher watt leds also and have come up with a few different ideas.. just got to find time to do some more playing befor I decide. my next exparament is (call me crazy if you want) I am going to try directly solder chips in close proximity to a curved heatsink/pcb combo, justy playing with trying to get the traces small enough and close enough togeather with what I have available. my idea is to get the LEDs close enough togeather and by there position on the curve I should be able to light and entire tank with one unit.

Steve

[mseepman]

I decided to do a blend of Royal Blue, Cool White, Neutral white and some limited straight blue. Haven't lit it up yet...but we'll see what it looks like sometime soon.

[reefermadness]

Originally Posted by Jfish

. There are lots of comments that the cool white are too blue for many people although its seems there are many tanks running fine with cool white royal blue combos.

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

the debate on this is not how they look, but rather the missing wave lenths that are in the nutral white that catch some of the colors of the corals that the cool whites miss.

Steve

Steve. My comment was a reply to jfish stating that many ppl find the cool white LEDs too blue.....

Does this look too blue?


These are two different bins of coolwhite XP-G ...but them both seem warm white to me. Cool white should be straight white.

Here is the RC link... http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2072326

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by reefermadness

Steve. My comment was a reply to jfish stating that many ppl find the cool white LEDs too blue.....

Does this look too blue?


These are two different bins of coolwhite XP-G ...but them both seem warm white to me. Cool white should be straight white.

Here is the RC link... http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/sh....php?t=2072326

I like the one on the left.. looks just like the reefs in hawaii when your snorkeling I think when they say to blue they are talking about when combined with RB LEDs. for instance the one on the right would temper the royal blue much more than the one on the left.

Steve