Disappointed in Yellow Tang Color?

[Gary Ellis]

Very disappointed in the color of my yellow tang under the blue lights. He looks very pale. I like just the blues for the coral but the tang looks very pale under them. If I use the white light he is beautiful yellow. I wish I had known.

 

[TheEngineer]

Most fish will have a stark look under blue lights. Can’t reflect back yellow if no yellow photons are hitting it

 

[reef lover]

The corals need more than just blues to live so seems like hed be pretty for a good part of the day...

 

[nereefpat]

In general, most corals look best under blues, and fish look better under daylight

 

[norfolkgarden]

Turn the lights on in the room and give him a reason to hang out at the front of the tank.
Otherwise, yeah...

So far the only ones of ours that look really cool are the clown fish with pure white.
If it's just blues at the end of the evening it's hard to tell the difference between the orange clown fish and the black clownfish. Only the white stands out.

The copperband butterfly fades out, the banggai cardinals fade out. Too much silver.
I don't have any other white fish.
Maybe a white sleeper goby would look cool under actinics, but I don't have one in a bare bottom tank.

The Royal Grammas just looks funny and Martian like.