Thanks! When I tested with just one Coral Plus, it did make it a lot whiter with just the one bulb, so I imagine the daylight will do even more. But yeah, it's true that the LEDs will cancel a bit of that out!
Just curious... If you run only Actinic and Blue Plus, why are you suggesting a 6500k bulb to bring out more pigments? Do you have experience with that, and if so, why aren't you doing it now?
Agreed on ramping up the channels on my LEDs. However, I only touched the white channel that runs for 4 hours (raised from 25% to 50%), and if I increase it more, I won't do so until some time has passed.
Yes, a 65k bulb will be even more so. But some people like that look.
That 50/50 combo that I'm using is my current "experiment", haha. Previously to this I used a 50/50 mix of blue + and Aquablue special (which is a white bulb) and it worked great; and previously to that I used a 65K Iwasaki halide and that grew coral like crazy and also provided great color. There are quite a few reefers that include a 65K Tropic or the 65K bulb from GE in their T5 mix for growth and coloration (although the bulb itself doesn't display the corals well, it causes the production of colors that blue LEDs display very well when the 65K bulb is off). When I replace bulbs next a Tropic will be in the mix.