My Wife hates my Blues, Can’t be the Only one???

[MnFish1]

What’s wrong with corals that fluoresce and glow? They naturally produce those pigments.

No problem. IMHO

 

[MnFish1]

No problem. IMHO

However - they do not do that in the ocean - So - we may be doing something wrong. The people that say 'blue light is natural due to the depth'. I'm not sure.

 

[trmiv]

The blue hate crowd is out in numbers!

It's always just felt elitist or kinda gatekeepy to me. As long as stuff is growing, enjoy your tank however you like. I too enjoy heavier blues.

Blue light discussions certainly bring out a lot of “stop liking what I don’t like” energy.

 

[Royal_pudding]

Same here man. Wife dislikes the blue, yet wants coloration in the tank.
Anyone recommend corals that are colorful under 10k-ish light?

 

[Raul-7]

Agreed; whiter light seems a lot more natural and relaxing to look at.

The Windex/blue look reminds of me of cannabis growers with their pink/purple lights trying to maximize growth.

 

[Spare time]

I like tanks with a hint of blue so that the fish still get a nice visible spectrum but the corals still fluoresce a bit.

 

[Alexraptor]

The blue hate crowd is out in numbers!

It's always just felt elitist or kinda gatekeepy to me. As long as stuff is growing, enjoy your tank however you like. I too enjoy heavier blues.

To be fair, this thread was started specifically on the topic of "blue hate". It's not like us "full-spectrum adherents" go marauding, looking for "blue light threads" to dump and hate on.

 

[jda]

Opinions on something is not hate. Opinions about somebody else's opinions starts to border on hate.

The ultimate example of this is Millennials hating on Boomers opinions with their OK Boomer rhetoric. Sure, some Boomers don't want to get on Facebook or Insta, don't get pronouns right with absolutely no malice, believed in working hard and being rewarded, don't make up their own definitions for words and think that they are cool, etc. The Millennials hating on them for it is way worse instead of just forming their own opinions and just letting the other opinions lay (and maybe laughing about them). Boomers win this one...

If you are the person who thinks that somebody else is hating, it is about 95% probable that you are actual hater.

BTW - as the parent of many daughters, I am fully aware that hate is a synonym for "an opinion that I don't like." However, words matter and not everybody knows this.

 

[Blopple]

To be fair, this thread was started specifically on the topic of "blue hate". It's not like us "full-spectrum adherents" go marauding, looking for "blue light threads" to dump and hate on.

1000% it totally was, not trying to start a war haha.

I always like to drop a "blue is okay" whenever I get the chance though. It's nice for new people (myself included) to remember there is more than one way to skin a cat grow a coral.

 

[EeyoreIsMySpiritAnimal]

and if you can grow coral, you can grow algae

This should be pinned to the top of every forum!!

 

[DarkReefer]

My missus actually seems to prefer the blues more than white. I'm kind of in between myself. I like a more white light during the day but don't mind the blues at night. Thanks to a dino outbreak though I've been predominantly running blues for the past 12 months or more.

Also even though it counts for nothing, I've always found it weird people leave their windows open for people going by to look into at night. Maybe look at a window covering if she's worried what the neighbors might think.

 

[TastyScrants]

The blue hate crowd is out in numbers!

It's always just felt elitist or kinda gatekeepy to me. As long as stuff is growing, enjoy your tank however you like. I too enjoy heavier blues.

Giving a preference isn’t really elitist or gatekeeping. You could say the same for people who like the intense blue light.

Blue windex tanks don’t do it for me, just like full spectrum tanks probably don’t do it for you.

 

[Hot2na]

Blue Hater , here !!

 

[Sleeping Giant]

turn on all the whites and ask her in 3 days of she likes the new green tank

 

[djf91]

Opinions on something is not hate. Opinions about somebody else's opinions starts to border on hate.

The ultimate example of this is Millennials hating on Boomers opinions with their OK Boomer rhetoric. Sure, some Boomers don't want to get on Facebook or Insta, don't get pronouns right with absolutely no malice, believed in working hard and being rewarded, don't make up their own definitions for words and think that they are cool, etc. The Millennials hating on them for it is way worse instead of just forming their own opinions and just letting the other opinions lay (and maybe laughing about them). Boomers win this one...

If you are the person who thinks that somebody else is hating, it is about 95% probable that you are actual hater.

BTW - as the parent of many daughters, I am fully aware that hate is a synonym for "an opinion that I don't like." However, words matter and not everybody knows this.

Yep. The I’m offended by everything crowd.

 

[madlos123]

My wife likes the white light compared to the blue light because she can see the fish and corals their colors like in the wild.

 

[Gill the 3rd]

My wife likes the white light compared to the blue light because she can see the fish and corals their colors like in the wild.

Very nice tank. I agree this looks much more natural. What lights are you using?

 

[madlos123]

Very nice tank. I agree this looks much more natural. What lights are you using?

Im using 10,000 K Metal Halide

 

[Gill the 3rd]

Im using 10,000 K Metal Halide

Yea I can tell. Cant deny how good halides look.

 

[14 foot reef]

+1

Same spousal complaints here with the AB+ schedule (XR15s), I've been playing with a ~10k kelvin period but I get annoyed with the tank flashing as I try to adjust things live, and haven't settled on a new schedule.. Wonder if anyone has a modified AB+ Mobius template with more whites to share..?

I have my modified schedule posted and shared in Apex