Getting rid of windex color

[dough]

I sure miss the sharpness if you will of a 14K MH color. Since the MH days, I’ve been running T5’s, T5 w/ LED strips and now a 36” AqUatic Life Hybrid with the following setup. My issue is that my tank now has that windex color resulting with some washed out colors. Any suggestions for changes to get to a more of a 14K?

G6 XR-15 running AB
2 LED strips 470
4 T5 (2xB+) (2xcoral plus)

it’s a mixed tank with w/ SPS, LPS, Gorgonians, and zoas

 

[oreo54]

Windex color and washed out colors are not necessarily related..
You do have a lot of "windexy" things though.. From the 470 strips to the Blue plus t5's which
also has poor color rendition to the "plain blue" in the g6's

Maybe "play" with some daylight tubes.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/ge-6500k-bulb-experiences.560853/

 

[MartinM]

I also love MH and accurate color rendition (which is why I use MH, haha). In your case, can’t you push the whites on the G6 to 100%, and swap out T5’s for whiter bulbs?

 

[mtraylor]

I agree with above. Easy fix. Turn down the blues on led and up the whites and change t5 bulbs to whiter spectrum

 

[piranhaman00]

6500k t5

 

[Seymo44]

I run two radion G5’s on a modified AB+ schedule, all I did is turn the warm and cool whites up to 50%. The middle of the day is about 10,000k. I have a few blue and pink corals that only look good in daylight spectrum.

As mentioned above, use a daylight t5 tube and/or adjust your radions.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

6500k t5

This. But one goes a LONG way. It will get yellowy quick.

 

[piranhaman00]

This. But one goes a LONG way. It will get yellowy quick.

I run 8 bulb t5 with 4 blue plus, 2 aqua blue special and 2 6500k, imo it’s the perfect color

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

I run 8 bulb t5 with 4 blue plus, 2 aqua blue special and 2 6500k, imo it’s the perfect color

To each their own, not a bad combo to balance out the blue, in your case you need the 6500k.

To the OP, I'd lean more on a 10k bulb, but that's just me. End game is that the Windex look is coming from those 470nm strips. I have a pair and and the end/beginning of my light cycle it's crazy blue.