Blue light vs White Light tanks

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I love the colors and fluorescence the blue brings out in the corals but it makes me sad how it can wash out the fish's colors a little bit. White lights always make the fish stand out more in my opinion but it works best with corals that aren't very fluorescent. I have both in my house and the white light tank mainly has soft corals like red mushrooms pulsing Xenia and the few blue mushrooms. My reef is mainly blue light dominant as it brings out my corals but I am a little sad at how I can wash out my fishes colors sometimes. Do you have a preference for one or the other or do you appreciate both?
 
I run a bit of both. Heavy blues am and pm with more white between.

Mid day
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Evening
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I never liked the WINDEX look. Depending on what’s in the tank, I go from 8K to 12K on color spectrum.
I would guess that this picture color spectrum is between 10-12K

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