Gree, red, and UV leds

[icemountain]

I am in the process of ordering an LED fixture. Should be ordering it in a day or two but before I finalize it, what are the effects of green, red, and uv leds? I am ordering 2 55 3w fixtures and each fixture having 2 cyan, 2 reds, and 2 uv in it which is going to be sitting over a 65 gallon tank. Should I take those colors out or reduce them to 1? What do you guys think?

 

[Juicycoral]

its personal preference, The ocean contains red in it up to 30 feet of salt water. So i would keep them. The UV, I have been reading a lot about them and people are actually seeing more coral growth with the UV LED's. They aren't as bright as some of your cool white 3W but they are beneficial to a home reef. I'm personally doing a DIY home kit myself. Your need to go to Reefledlights.com and look at their phoenix 55 kit. If you have any question give them a call or a email. They are very helpful and knowledgeable.

 

[icemountain]

What about the green/cyan LEDs?

 

[Juicycoral]

Green would be good to add a little more color to your reef. Cyan Not sure about that. I would give them a call or maybe someone else on here can help with that.

 

[Bluejawtrigger]

I may be wrong, but I see it in mine. You actually get green from your cool whites. I would go with the UBS and cyan. Throw a couple of reds in. Just my op.

 

[Steelerfan747]

I say the more colors the better my motto always is, " it's better to have it and not need it then need it and not have it"

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[my2girls]

+1 on more colors the better. IMO cyan is better than green. I would get both. Order more UV than you think you will use, they are very dim.

 

[M@!]

Check out this page - Exotic LED Wavelengths for Exotic Corals Mixing Reds, Turquoise and Royal Blue gives you white. I want to add this combination to my tank.

It's my understanding that UVs are dim to the human eye but are still putting out a lot of light?