How important are Royal Blue LEDs for corals?

[FishNoobie]

Hey guys,

I'm currently running a fish only tank but I want to get a few beginner corals. I've got a Red Sea Reefer Nano and a AI Prime HD but just noticed that the Royal Blue LED's are dead on my AI Prime

Normal Blue is still working okay.

Here are the LED's:

• 3 - Cree XP-G2 Cool White (> 70 CRI)
• 3 - Cree XT-E Royal Blue (the broken ones)
• 3 - Cree XP-E2 Blue
• 1 - Cree Deep Red 660nm
• 1 - Cree XP-E2 Green
• 1 - SemiLED 415nm
• 1 - SemiLED 400nm

Do you guys think I'll be right to have some starter corals with this light still or should I get it replaced/repaired?

I bought the light for $250 here in Australia (AUD) and the repair is going to cost me about $130 for a new main board (so basically half the cost of the unit). What do you guys think? If I do need it, should I just get a new unit or a used Radion XR15 or something like that?

Cheers

 

[jsker]

Do you guys think I'll be right to have some starter corals with this light still or should I get it replaced/repaired?

You should be good

 

[FishNoobie]

Thanks, would you suggest I ramp up normal blue to compensate for the loss of royal/deep blue?

So I shouldn't be looking for a new light just yet? Haha