LED to make colors POP!

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Hey all,
I currently have an Aquaticlife LED 14K white and 460nm blue. I run both and 100% for 10 hours/day.
It makes the coraline pop and my green hammer but not so much any other colors. Is there any suggestions for what I could add to boost the beautiful colors I have? I have tons of zoas/palys but I never see their amazing colors, just dull versions of them. (nothing chemistry related.)

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Set your schedule different if you can. keep what have now, for the reason it works, and when the ramp down starts cut you whites down to 50% and you will really see some color.
 
But I don't have a ramp up or down....just an auto timer to turn on and off at set points.
 
I was gonna say, a 406(?)nm stunner strip is real nice if you don't have color mixing capabilities. Was very happy with it until I upgraded the main fixture.
 
I ended up going with the prime, which is ah mazing! Lol I love how customizable it is.
 
The 460nm Royal Blue has limited colour pop. The 450nm Royal Blue offers a significant improvement in colour pop based on our observations...This is one reason why Binning is so important.

Adding some Semi 410-420nm will improve looks. You will need at least 6 for every 24"x24"

Bill
 
The 460nm Royal Blue has limited colour pop. The 450nm Royal Blue offers a significant improvement in colour pop based on our observations...This is one reason why Binning is so important.

Adding some Semi 410-420nm will improve looks. You will need at least 6 for every 24"x24"

Bill
Funny you say that I just added 410 and 420 to my orphek fixture yesterday :)
 
The latest Generation of Semi 410-420 are really underrated. I'm really surprised some fixtures only add a token one or two.

You will really like the look especially if your Royal Blue are <460nm

Bill
 

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