Led lighting question/help?

[AquaJunkie]

Ok so I know under moonlight, corals such as mushrooms etc can go florescent green in color.

But are they suppose to do this under normal led day lights?

I recently changed my lights from t5 to one led par38 bulb but my corals all seem to be acting like its a night light. Can anyone help?

 

[AquaJunkie]

The light is a lot brighter then this picture can make out

 

[Hydrahawk]

I think your LED has more blue, that is why the fluorescent colors are popping.

 

[AquaJunkie]

I think your LED has more blue, that is why the fluorescent colors are popping.

Yes it has 6 blue - 3 white - 1 green - 1 red and 1 uv.

Will this be ok for corals? And does it matter that it has more blue? Thanks for your reply.

 

[SpsJunkie]

You might want to check the intensity of the light, when you change from a T5 to a LED sometimes the led's are to intense and can bleach out the coral. I have just changed from MH to LEDs and I have my leds at 40% and will slowly increase this over the next few months.

 

[AquaJunkie]

Unfortunately my LEDs can not be dimmed so I have just put them as high as possible atm.

It's a 36w 10000k full spectrum

Maybe I'm just not used to seeing my corals pop so much under the new light.

I guess Il just have to wait and see how the corals react to it having so many blues in it.

 

[mike007]

If you are going from t-5 to leds you want to acclimate your corals to new lighting. If it is not dimmable you can decrease the photo period and each week increase a little at a time and see how corals respond.

 

[SeahorseKeeper]

Another way to acclimate to the new lighting is to use mesh screen (like window screen). You put several layers on the top of the tank and remove a layer each week.