Acan Lovers - What Lights Are You Using?

superchargedreefer · May 15, 2014

the inly acans that seem to so well under my LEDs are the purple and green ones. it just seems that acans don't like leds all that much.

Acanholic · Jun 16, 2014

Eckolancer said:
Here is a pic of the new acans I just placed under my DIY leds including a couple rainbows.

So eckolancer. Share some updates on the rainbow frags to see the effects of the light on them. It has been almost two months now.

Roty · Jun 17, 2014

t5's are the only way to go. Led's will only work if you add t5's to them will send some pics tomorrow of some of the healthiest acans you will ever see.

thesaltysnailer · Jun 18, 2014

T5+LED ATI Powermodule 4x24W T5 1x75W LED 3 blue+, 1 purple+

Kenswe · Jun 18, 2014

Why?

I use an led hybrid whit 2x75w led and 4x39w T5.

My nitrate is about 2-5 on the salifer scale, phosfat at 0.05

Why doesent my acans get bigger, started for 3 weeks ago?

tweeter · Jun 18, 2014

Denvercherub said:
I use LED but I notice they seem to change color after a while. Kinda dull, I may need to add UV LED's to make them "tan" so to speak

Yes, same with me.

nature786 · Jun 18, 2014

thesaltysnailer said:
T5+LED ATI Powermodule 4x24W T5 1x75W LED 3 blue+, 1 purple+

I would like a frag of those, what's the name?

Acanholic · Jun 19, 2014

nature786 said:
I would like a frag of those, what's the name?

Really hard to frag a powermodule. LOL

nature786 · Jun 19, 2014

A frag of these.

footballdude2k3 · Jul 25, 2014

Same LEDs that I get great growth out of SPS, rainbows and other ones all look great

Moonlightreef · Jul 26, 2014

Acanholic said:
Ufff. what the heck is that one? The brightness is hurting my eyes.

i just got frag of that two days ago

Moonlightreef · Jul 26, 2014

buddythelion said:
So many LED peeps.

Running T-5's for my acans. Pretty happy with the colors.

i just got frag of that two days ago

Moonlightreef · Jul 26, 2014

under T5
sorry phone pictures only but im happier with T 5 then MH i had .

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smtwinn · Jul 26, 2014

I was running radion Gen 2 fixtures with good coloration I switch well I upgraded to the gen3 pro and now even more bright colors are coming out. fancy lights but no fancy camera sorry for the poor quality pics.

WindeyD · Jul 26, 2014

I run a 4 bulb T5 setup with moonlight LEDs on my 40 breeder; bought some acans from Cherry Corals and it took about 6 weeks before the colors really started to look good; overall I am quite pleased.

jsanchez · Jul 26, 2014

Roty said:
t5's are the only way to go. Led's will only work if you add t5's to them will send some pics tomorrow of some of the healthiest acans you will ever see.

Really? So far all my corals have grown ridiculously fast under my maxspect LEDs. Guess I should tell my corals to stop growing and coloring up so much...

uhupong · Jul 26, 2014

jsanchez said:
Really? So far all my corals have grown ridiculously fast under my maxspect LEDs. Guess I should tell my corals to stop growing and coloring up so much...

Maxspect will grow coral but lack the color. T5 supplement will fix that