Fish color under blue light

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What colors or variety reef fish still stand out under blueish LEDs, not Windex blue.

Would any of these be duds?-
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Yellow watchman or bicolor goby
Comb tooth blenny- color/pattern?
Caulk bass
Starry Blenny or similar
Suggestions??
 
Yellow coris wrasse look nice under them. I think if you just turn a tiny bit of white on, you will see their colors better. Also what light are you thinking of?
 
Bangaii Cardinals look amazing under blues, the white markings practically glow.

Royal grammas also look very nice. Any darkish fish don't look as good (my Carpenters wrasse is only exciting looking under some white). Anything that has stark white markings with other colors will likely look awesome.

Following for other thoughts!
 
I have nanobox dous over the tank. I do like a little more white/natural color but I'm still figuring out what the corals like. A few Softies, duncans,monti.
Good idea on the gamma, wonder if him and the existing Cori's would fight since they are shaped similar?
Cardinals would be nice and could be a mid-level swimmer group!


 
My YWM looks cool under blues. All the blue dots on him glow. Fire fish also look neat. The Chalk Bass looks awesome under them too. He really glows. I think they all look better with a bit of white light to get the other colors to pop, but when the whites go out they still look pretty cool.
 
I have nanobox dous over the tank. I do like a little more white/natural color but I'm still figuring out what the corals like. A few Softies, duncans,monti.
Good idea on the gamma, wonder if him and the existing Cori's would fight since they are shaped similar?
Cardinals would be nice and could be a mid-level swimmer group!


I wouldn't mix coris wrasses
 
Yellows, greens, and whites fluoresce, while reds and purples look washed out under heavy blues.
 
What colors or variety reef fish still stand out under blueish LEDs, not Windex blue.

Would any of these be duds?-
Flame angle
hawkfish
Yellow watchman or bicolor goby
Comb tooth blenny- color/pattern?
Caulk bass
Starry Blenny or similar
Suggestions??
mystery wrasse..you really see the lightning bars
 
Red looks black under heavy blues.
 
That's what I thought about the reddish and purple looking black. Darn ROYGBiV and color wheels!
 

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