malawian Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 well? anyone had any success doing it under PC of any wattage? or LED? Link to comment
qwiksilver711 Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Photoshop? Seriously though, just go check out some build threads. 15 min of looking there and u will have your answer Link to comment
mginster Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 Turn off lights, turn on blue led moonlights. Or if you have an LED setup with dimmers, turn off white. But really, moving closer to the 20k spectrum will bring out more color in all your coral. If you have just 50/50 PC lighting and its not cutting it, you could supplement some high quality blue LED's. In the end though, if they are looking dull and bleached, its not always your color temp, they could be just dull and bleached. There are many things that could cause them to look bleached. - Too much light and they are pissed - Old lights that need to be replaced - Poor water quality - Or you just have some ugly zoos Link to comment
malawian Posted January 24, 2011 Author Share Posted January 24, 2011 Turn off lights, turn on blue led moonlights. Or if you have an LED setup with dimmers, turn off white. But really, moving closer to the 20k spectrum will bring out more color in all your coral. If you have just 50/50 PC lighting and its not cutting it, you could supplement some high quality blue LED's. In the end though, if they are looking dull and bleached, its not always your color temp, they could be just dull and bleached. There are many things that could cause them to look bleached. - Too much light and they are pissed - Old lights that need to be replaced - Poor water quality - Or you just have some ugly zoos ok so in my case i know theyre a little ugly lol but since im replacing lights I want to make sure Im going to get the best color possible from my corals, espeically Zoas so if going towards 20k is ideal then would 16 RB and 8 NW LEDs get me pretty nice color? Link to comment
burtbollinger Posted January 24, 2011 Share Posted January 24, 2011 I try to make sure my zoas only get @ 6-7 hrs a day of light...IME, anything more causes less color. this may be my imagination though... Link to comment
SiLkk Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I try to make sure my zoas only get @ 6-7 hrs a day of light...IME, anything more causes less color. this may be my imagination though... Interesting never thought about too much light fading out the colors Link to comment
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