LED lighting requirement for SPS

[lastlight]

Originally Posted by mrhasan

Just to add something (since I drooled over and studied full spectrum LEDs vs BW LEDs few months ago):

there's no legitimate proof that full spectrum helps coral growth. For now, people only still to it for aesthetics. Or maybe some study did came up showing full spectrum helps coral growth

TRANSLATION: There's no proof (but there might be)

[mrhasan]

Originally Posted by lastlight

TRANSLATION: There's no proof (but there might be)

Haha. Just tried to elaborate it

It is very much "possible" that full spectrum "might" help; maybe marine biologists haven't published it yet or maybe hobbyist are not aware of it.

Bottom line is: Blue/white LEDs are capable of growing anything given that you got the right fixture instead of relying on marketing terms like "double" and "quad". Those terms are helpful when it comes to T5s but not for LEDs