LED Help Required

[shawnstoke]

Hi everyone, 1st post so go easy

I have been looking at lots of threads on here from the UK for some time now and if I'm honest I'm confusing myself so I'm looking for some advice.

I have 3 setups which I'm looking at standardising with DIY LED set ups

I have a 2 ft tank and am looking at having 2 panels of lighting, a 3ft tank with 3 panels and 4ft with 4 panels.

I want the panels to be the same, not restricted to number of channels or LED's, and I have a friend who can sort out the driver side of things.

I was thinking 6 channels, 1 with the uv leds, 1 with the main white, 1 with the main blues, 1 with the reds and blue for night (so can be dimmed for moonlight after main lighting. and the other channel with the leds mainly used for colouration..

All of the tanks are 2 ft deep but by corals are at different levels so I'm looking at being able to alter the optics to suit.

I'm looking for some guidance on the best setup per channel and led's to use to get the best growth and coloration.

Im under the understanding there there are base colours which are required for a healthy tank and then extra colours which are required for the "pop" in colouration.

If you could let me know your thoughts that would be much appreciated.

Price will not be an issue so if it means using a newer led for whatever reason, like the UV ones which I've seen that are considerably more then I'm more than happy to go with your advice.

Look forward to you’re reply's

Shawn