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Data on MH growth and shimmer? LOL! For what? What data?data please
You are on a thread about some data that supports the opposite of the last thing you said explaining to LED users that their lights are inferior and you just know and that they are the offended ones.
I'm using your post to take advantage and say this:
Most metal halide users will hardly be aggressive towards LED users. Strangely most LED users have a tremendous tendency to be so hash on MH and T5 users trying to use anything they hear from others and LED propaganda. Some call that confirmation bias, a desperate way to aprove in their minds the investment they did. That also happens with different LED brands.
The reason why I post my experiences here and personal preferences is precisely because of that!
See... I was a T5 only user for more than a decade and still love the results of T5s. When I came to this forum saw some strangely aggressive reactions against metal halide and T5 only users. In my opinion and experiences metal halides are the very best we can offer to the corals to provide what they need in order to achieve results similar to what I see in nature. That is my goal, personally. This is the reason why public aquariums choose metal halides. The fact that I was using T5s didn't change the facts of those results of MHs. Unfortunately I do not like the results of LEDs at all.
I have more friends using LEDs than MH or T5s. They are my friends. Some of them, with years of experience, also know the limits of what they have (all 3 types of light have their limits for the results they provide!). Guess what? We hardly talk about lighting. LOL! We enjoy the time we meet to talk about our tanks in general. Even planted tanks, not only saltwater!
I would love to see people just realizing and respecting that we have some people here that simply choose the results from halides instead LEDs, period! Let them say good things about their lights! That is constructive and positive for this "hobby". I do not like when people diminish metal halides and spread rumors about them to promote LEDs! Shame on those people!
I will end this post saying that the reason I am aggressive towards LED users sometimes and call LEDs "Christmas lights" and "toy lights" is mainly to wake them up and tell them that they aren't the only ones in this world that can be aggressive, and this forum should be in the first place for every MH user, every T5 user, and every LED user. Equally!
I'll tell you more... LED users should be against the lies preached in favor of LED propaganda for high profit. Those type of information don't help the consumers, LED users.
Our opinions won't change.
Our preferences won't change!
Our attitude can change!