I sure do like the s&^t you say @Bpb
“To make for a truly natural appearing reef you really should put 6500K or 10,000K metal halides in, with a BLUE tank background (not black or clear), and keep it clean.”
I was running these same thoughts a while back when pondering the perspective of blueness in a thread and you have very clearly explained it. Very succinctly too. I really like the contributions you make and they don’t sound like incoherent ramblings. That’s funny.
Thank you! Glad it hit the mark! Every time I’ve been in the water that’s been my thought. Yeah. Very blue. All around. But the rocks and corals still look 6500k. Never actually seen anything that looks like the blue we keep our reef tanks. That’s not to say I don’t appreciate the artificial heavy blue effect in small doses. It is a cool effect. Especially on lps. Love it. But it is in no way natural looking