Yellow filter sticker on front glass, a stupid of genius idea?

Rohirrimus · May 30, 2022

Hello reefers,
as we all know our corals get the nicest colors with blue light .
annoying part is that out eyes really don’t like the blue light all that much.
In fact next to my aquarium I keep some yellow safety googles:

because observing tank through them allows me to see the best colors , without overwhelming blue tones.

so I was thinking…
What if instead I applied a vynil wrap filter on it, something like these ones:

wouldn’t that be an ideal way to see the reefs true beauty ?

I’m curious if someone did that , and if they know what brand of wrap they used, what are the thoughts?
I think it would be an amazing wow factor because even from afar you’d be able to see the beautiful corals, instead of a blue glowing box.
Looking forward to hearing the thoughts

blaxsun · May 30, 2022

I have no idea how this would work, but please upload pictures if you decide to do it!

welsher7 · Jun 1, 2022

this has come up before and someone mentioned their LFS has a few tanks that are partially covered with a yellow film. I think there may have been pictures in the post as well.

welsher7 · Jun 1, 2022

The last post in this thread shows someone trying it out.

Concerned over blue light and our eye health

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6288536/ People don't want to know the truth because we love reefing and it is scary. This. People don't want to acknowledge that this is a concern, so they equate it to screen time. They equate it to being outside. It's willful ignorance rather...

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Tonycass12 · Jun 1, 2022

Would it not be easier to just add more white light? I get that some people like the way over blue florescent "pop" but just add white light if you want to see natural. I think my best colors come out with a spectrum geared closer do daylight.

Rohirrimus · Jun 1, 2022

welsher7 said:
The last post in this thread shows someone trying it out.

Concerned over blue light and our eye health

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6288536/ People don't want to know the truth because we love reefing and it is scary. This. People don't want to acknowledge that this is a concern, so they equate it to screen time. They equate it to being outside. It's willful ignorance rather...

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An Amazing find, that’s exactly what I want to do. It’s a bit annoying that you can’t really take good pictures of this due to our phones seeing blue light differently than us. Thanks

albano · Jun 1, 2022

Rohirrimus said:
Hello reefers,
as we all know our corals get the nicest colors with blue light .
annoying part is that out eyes really don’t like the blue light all that much.
In fact next to my aquarium I keep some yellow safety googles

Have you compared them to the orange tinted glasses? I got a pair a couple years ago from R2R at RAP and colors look great! I’ll have to try the yellow filters to judge them myself.

Pntbll687 · Jun 1, 2022

Rohirrimus said:
Hello reefers,
as we all know our corals get the nicest colors with blue light .
annoying part is that out eyes really don’t like the blue light all that much.
In fact next to my aquarium I keep some yellow safety googles:

because observing tank through them allows me to see the best colors , without overwhelming blue tones.

so I was thinking…
What if instead I applied a vynil wrap filter on it, something like these ones:

wouldn’t that be an ideal way to see the reefs true beauty ?

I’m curious if someone did that , and if they know what brand of wrap they used, what are the thoughts?
I think it would be an amazing wow factor because even from afar you’d be able to see the beautiful corals, instead of a blue glowing box.
Looking forward to hearing the thoughts

I know it might be a shock and way out of line, BUT, you can adjust the lights to make it more appealing to look at.

Corals should look good under both a more full spectrum with more white light, and still pop under blue light.

Now, if you're talking taking photos, especially with a phone, a filter is almost a necessity. The way the camera filters and adjust to blue light washes everything out and needs a filter to get correct color rendition.

Rohirrimus · Jun 2, 2022

albano said:
Have you compared them to the orange tinted glasses? I got a pair a couple years ago from R2R at RAP and colors look great! I’ll have to try the yellow filters to judge them myself.

I don't have any orange ones, but I imagine they are the same since in reality they all just filter the blue light. I think I might try to get some of those vynil stickers and perhaps do the side first, then if I like it I'll do the full tank

Rohirrimus · Jun 2, 2022

Pntbll687 said:
I know it might be a shock and way out of line, BUT, you can adjust the lights to make it more appealing to look at.

Corals should look good under both a more full spectrum with more white light, and still pop under blue light.

Now, if you're talking taking photos, especially with a phone, a filter is almost a necessity. The way the camera filters and adjust to blue light washes everything out and needs a filter to get correct color rendition.

true, and I do keep some white in there, but in reality, blue light is quite bad for eyes, which is probably the reason why we don't really like it, especially If we keep looking at it.