I am thinking about getting the solderless coralife biocube 29 dimmable retrofit kit from rapid leds. I don't think I just want to go with the 12 royal blue and 12 cool white leds. Can anyone suggest a good color combination? ?<br/>
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2 Red
2 Green
6 Cool White
10 Royal Blue
4 UV
I would just do whites, UV and blues. Adding reds, greens and other colors are a waste. For every 12 LEDs I would do 6 Blue, 2 UV and 4 White. Set it up with a controller also.
How are they a waste ? Green/Cyan 510-525nm range is an important part of PUR, without Red you do not reflect or see much of it and there is not nearly enough Reds, Greens and Amber in 4 Cool Whites. The reason why so many people still prefer the look of MH and/or T5's are because of there broader spectral output that includes the Reds, Greens and Amber wavelengths. Royal Blue and Violet fluoresce specific pigments in coral as does Green/Cyan and as for Red's to Yellow/Amber if it is not there to reflect we cannot see it.
Cheers, Todd
Show me indisputable proof that they are useful?
In my opinion its all just a gimmick for a company to sell their LED units.
I would just do whites, UV and blues. Adding reds, greens and other colors are a waste. For every 12 LEDs I would do 6 Blue, 2 UV and 4 White. Set it up with a controller also.
This sounds to me like a "Generation 1 any fixture" on the market that most reefers have found to be limited in what its capable of. Amost ALL manutactures are using several colors of emitters in their fixtures now days.
Its the look that gets me, not that the red or green are already in the warm whites, its what looks good in the tank, instead of just using the blues and whites.