Royal Blue LED's?
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sharkboy99999
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You sir are a good man
lyang415
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back on topic
enough of that reef guys arrogance.
lets get the ball rolling again!
i personally use a blue 20k spectrum but have thought about changing it a little warmer just to see the effect on growth
I have read studies that have shown sps corals to grow quicker with more of a warmer 10k-ish spectrum than in the 20k. (20k has better colors though imo
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why is this when i know most of the white spectrum is lost soon after it hits the water's surface?
enough of that reef guys arrogance.
lets get the ball rolling again!
i personally use a blue 20k spectrum but have thought about changing it a little warmer just to see the effect on growth
I have read studies that have shown sps corals to grow quicker with more of a warmer 10k-ish spectrum than in the 20k. (20k has better colors though imo
)why is this when i know most of the white spectrum is lost soon after it hits the water's surface?
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So I'm on the right track with running my lights 14% whites and 60% blues? I like the look and my coral colors are great. Growth has been awesome as the majority have doubled in size within the last 9 months 
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I never even hit 100% color or 100% intensity with my Kessil even during high intensity cycle of the day with ramping, I hit 70% color (like whites at 40% and blues at 60%) and 65%intensity, ide say that what your running are good sets of light, if anything for a few hours a day it wouldn't hurt to turn up the whites.So I'm on the right track with running my lights 14% whites and 60% blues? I like the look and my coral colors are great. Growth has been awesome as the majority have doubled in size within the last 9 months
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Domt forget some leds are going to have uv spectrum that can be overwhelming to corals. I would start at like a 5%white 20%blue for a few days and bump blue up 5%a day and white 5% a week until you get where you want to be!
So I'm on the right track with running my lights 14% whites and 60% blues? I like the look and my coral colors are great. Growth has been awesome as the majority have doubled in size within the last 9 months
What types of corals are you keeping btw?
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Tank/lights been running for 9 months. All corals doing wonderfully! LPS/SPS dominant, with a few frags of zoos.
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Very nice! Your candy canes appear to be going crazy back there plate also looks to be very happy and that's a pretty wild looking mushroom. I think you could gradually apply more light in time but you certainly don't need to. Great work
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Thank you No mushrooms in this tank...ever. I believe your referring to the Mummy Eye Chalice. The CC I've had for 6yrs. Last years swap we had a fragging demo, gave away 11, 2-3 head frags. Gonna raise the lights about 2", then I'll bump up the whites gradually.
What she looked like last year!
No mushrooms in this tank...ever. I believe your referring to the Mummy Eye Chalice. The CC I've had for 6yrs. Last years swap we had a fragging demo, gave away 11, 2-3 head frags. Gonna raise the lights about 2", then I'll bump up the whites gradually. What she looked like last year!
