needmorecowbell
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Hey Doug didn't you measure the par of halides and LEDs? Did you make a thread on it? I'd love to read it if you did.
ccCapt said:This is my comparison with LED's vs MH.
needmorecowbell said:Doug Ive been doing way to much reading on LEDs, and I've started to doubt LEDs, I think youd be the one to change my mind. I have the dimmable 120w, and I'm thinking I'm going to have to add a supplemental strip of led or maybe just make a canopy and go with a small halide. It seems as if Cree LEDs arent really the best for a tank, good for the main light but you still need more spectrum, I guess royal blue and cool white doesnt cut it, especially for sps. I'm going to add cyan, uv (the 405nm violets, not really uv), red, green, and a few types of white. I'm hoping this will help me get the colors I'm needing, but is all this really necessary? I haven't gotten a straight answer, maybe there just isn't one..
Sometimes I think we spend too much time looking at numbers etc and not enough time just looking at results.