Couple shots running mh/t5 vs Diy led

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by Kafudafish

White light is full spectrum. So if you have white leds, they were full spectrum

Technically speaking I agree but without being able to adjust the peaks the broad spectrum within the white LEDs the results are not as good. I find CWs in particular to wash color out and replacing some of the output from them with a RGB setup makes a significant difference. In the LED world as far as the terminology goes white doesn't mean full spectrum.

[kien]

Originally Posted by Ryan-b

Just wanted to show a couple shots of my tank after switching to mh/t5 from a diy led setup.

The Diy led pics are a lot more purple, was probably a lot to do with my photo taking skills/editing. Regardless I find the mh/t5 far superior to MY diy led(72 cree rb, 24 cree cw, 24 high noon) Definitely not full spectrum by any stretch.

Interesting.. did you switch back simply for aesthetics or were you having problems with your LED fixture? What bulbs are you running ?