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There's no need for green. I know Ecotech Radions put a multitude of colors in their light spectrum but its only for effects and could actually disturb your corals quite a bit.
i run only whites 7500k and 50/50 blue - I don't realy see the need for any other color since white light fractures once it hits the water. the only reason to add colors for your enjoyment - but some testing is showing negitive effects to red.
I agree with liquid360, the colors other than the whites and blues are definitely a marketing scheme. Its should be more than satisfactory with blues and whites. There is some research done on the color spectrum needed for corals.
The color is a marketing thing. White light is made up of all colors in equal measure. Intensity means a great deal more than color when speaking of photosynthetic lighting.
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I'd agree to a degree. but if you have a red LED then you will get more intensity of that wavelength. now the real question is what wavelengths are beneficial or damaging. I wish everything looked amazing under just whitelight but find that the blue really does make things pop.
I've ordered some red and green less to try in my kit. I've got a bank of royal blue, cool white and will have another dimmer channel with UV along with one or two red and greens if it looks nice.
I will also put in 4 moon light LEDs so I can see some things in my tank when I'm up late partying haha
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make the greens cyan
make the red deep red
toss some neutral white in there (either in place of or mixed with cw)
Whenever there's a question I believe in a perfect world we're trying to imitate Mother Nature. Until I see other suns in the sky I'll have faith in white lights and the spectrum it covers. Agree to disagree
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And you'll find equal number who say don't. Kessil would explain it you in detail. Maxspect and kessil have STELLER results! I've got razor that par'd with 400w halide. Please answer my question concerning the make up of white light and then explain why the need for the colors.... please?
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I have 4 red and 4 green along with cool white, blue, and royal blue over my 120. I can tell u they make $1,000,000 difference in color. Every fixture I've seen with blue/white only doesn't hold a candle to the DIY I had built over my tank. You wouldn't know it until u saw one with and one without. The store I go to was selling ai sols and was trying to convince me to go that route but I just wasn't seeing the colors in his corals the guy that built mine did. He came over to pick up some coral and a setup I traded for mp40.....he then had dude that built mine build a few for his store. Like I said b4 you don't know til u see but huges difference adding red and green!