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If I get one of those lights where you can adjust how much blue there is and how much white there is can I just set it where it’s just more white at all times or will that be bad for corals?There is blue in the first picture too, it's a full spectrum light.
If you like full spectrum/whiter light, I can really recommend Giesemann Pulzar G3. I use one on my living room reef, and it doesn't drown the entire room in blue light, and the corals look great in that light and still flouresce nicely.
Regarding algae, the light really doesn't matter. Nutrients out of whack, low competition from corals and too few herbivores cause algae.
Most people (I think? At least it’s recommended these days via AB/AB+ scheduled) will have their lights set to be whiter in the afternoon to simulate the sun and bluer in the evenings and morning for aesthetics (and to mimic the sun being weaker at those times).I was wondering do you have to have blue lights on your tank because I like the white look of the first picture more than the blue tank?
Depends on the light I would say, but yes.If I get one of those lights where you can adjust how much blue there is and how much white there is can I just set it where it’s just more white at all times or will that be bad for corals?
If you look at the first pic, there are a lot of NPS coral in that pic that are not relying on light to live. I saw sun coral, what looked like either carnation or chili coral and NPS gorgs.I was wondering do you have to have blue lights on your tank because I like the white look of the first picture more than the blue tank?
I was planning getting some noopschye pros and they are adjustable, could I do what you said in your example with those lights?Depends on the light I would say, but yes.
Kessil lights has a color tune which, according to them, is safe and good for corals at whichever setting.
If you took an AI Prime for example and ran high white, red and green and low blue it would not be optimal for the corals.
But if you ran the blues at 100% and tuned the white/red/green to a setting which pleases your eye, it should be fine. But tune it with a PAR meter
I removed the guesswork and went with the LED strip which has an optimal spectrum on its own.
I have to differ on your last sentence. When I have run with more white light as opposed to blues, the algae has tended to take off more.There is blue in the first picture too, it's a full spectrum light.
If you like full spectrum/whiter light, I can really recommend Giesemann Pulzar G3. I use one on my living room reef, and it doesn't drown the entire room in blue light, and the corals look great in that light and still flouresce nicely.
Regarding algae, the light really doesn't matter. Nutrients out of whack, low competition from corals and too few herbivores cause algae.
Was that because of the spectrum change or just added intensity? I run my lights with white, green, and red all at 100% and don’t have any nuisance algae growth because of my herbivores.I have to differ on your last sentence. When I have run with more white light as opposed to blues, the algae has tended to take off more.