150G mixed reef. Is three AI SOL Blues enough?
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Tomoko Schum
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I prefer an LED fixture with more colored chips besides just blues and whites. I believe that AI Sol has blues and whites. AI hydra and AI hydra fifty two have additional colors like Radion Pro.
An addition of red, green, and violet LED's makes such a huge difference in the appearance of corals. I still have metal halide lamps over my 180 because I was not sold on the color rendering ability of various LED fixtures until recently. The ones with blues and white LED's make all pink colors look brown. I am now willing to consider full spectrum LED fixtures after seeing Harry's new version of DIY LED fixtures with more colored LED chips added.
An addition of red, green, and violet LED's makes such a huge difference in the appearance of corals. I still have metal halide lamps over my 180 because I was not sold on the color rendering ability of various LED fixtures until recently. The ones with blues and white LED's make all pink colors look brown. I am now willing to consider full spectrum LED fixtures after seeing Harry's new version of DIY LED fixtures with more colored LED chips added.
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TrishW
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I ended up ordering three of the Lumentek 120s that Rick at reefradiance.com manufactures and sells. I spend nearly an hour on the phone with him today and felt comfortable ordering from him. I like the fact that should I need warranty work he is in the US and I won't have to ship my lights to China for service. He also sells the Evergrow IT 2040s but I took his recommendation for what I should get and ordered the 120s.
