Hi! So at the moment I’m using two VIPARSPECTRA T300 fixtures over my 125G and they are good lights but I just can’t seem to achieve a balanced color out of them. I’m trying to get that nice color like an LFS would have that shows the color of the corals as well as the fish.
This is the current configuration of the lights:
- Channel one: Violet(420nm), Royal Blue(450nm), Blue(470nm)
- Channel two: Green(520nm), Red(660nm), Neutral White(6500K), Cool White(12000K)
If I use just channel 1 the corals are a nice vibrant color but the tank looks really blue, which I don’t really mind but the problem is the fish lose their color, like my yellow watchman goby and foxface appear black and the clownfish are a really dark orange.
Now the problem is if I turn channel 2 on, even at 1% brightness the corals lose most of their color, it’s like there’s too much white light. I’ve even tried channel 1 at 100% brightness and channel 2 at 1%, the white LEDs just over power all the other lights.
I was going to disassemble the lights and replace some of the whites with a different color just not sure exactly which whites to swap with what other color. Looking for some suggestions on this.
This is the current configuration of the lights:
- Channel one: Violet(420nm), Royal Blue(450nm), Blue(470nm)
- Channel two: Green(520nm), Red(660nm), Neutral White(6500K), Cool White(12000K)
If I use just channel 1 the corals are a nice vibrant color but the tank looks really blue, which I don’t really mind but the problem is the fish lose their color, like my yellow watchman goby and foxface appear black and the clownfish are a really dark orange.
Now the problem is if I turn channel 2 on, even at 1% brightness the corals lose most of their color, it’s like there’s too much white light. I’ve even tried channel 1 at 100% brightness and channel 2 at 1%, the white LEDs just over power all the other lights.
I was going to disassemble the lights and replace some of the whites with a different color just not sure exactly which whites to swap with what other color. Looking for some suggestions on this.