Lights that can make colors of corals pop up

mrhasan · #1 10-11-2012, 12:17 AM

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 · #2 10-11-2012, 12:22 AM

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Originally Posted by mrhasan

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 · #3 10-11-2012, 12:24 AM

ATI bulbs work very well!!

mrhasan · #4 10-11-2012, 12:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Aquattro

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 · #5 10-11-2012, 12:32 AM

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

mrhasan · #6 10-11-2012, 12:34 AM

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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 · #7 10-11-2012, 12:38 AM

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Originally Posted by mrhasan

Will adding royal blue LED strips help?

no.

mrhasan · #8 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 · #9 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 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