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its also insanely hard to capture the true color of lighting. about 80% of cameras today will skew it enough that when you turn them on above your own tank, they wont even look similar
So the full spectrum ones do they have more colors to them I thought I seen where Mrx said the blue and white a better then the ones with the red
I found this excellent example online!
Dont mean to rain on your idea of full spectrum leds but I have a unit and I have the regular blue and whites and I would buy the b&w ones again before the full spectrum ones. They give the tank a weird purple glow which just isnt to my liking. And without the blues on the whites are actually kinda green and not very pretty in my opinion.
I thought the same as you do, why not try the best and have no regrets but I actually kinda regret buying them now. :-( Not that they wont do a great job with coral just visually they arent as great as you would think.
I;d save the extra money and spend it on some corals or fish instead.
I have the reef breeders full spectrum with two reds. When the lights are set very low you see lil pinkish hue. When you turn them up it gives a clean look. I run them 40/60. Two different tanks both with them. One Tao on a frag tank looks good but I like the rb better. Whatever you decide you will love them.
What are y'all running for powerheads? I'm looking at the vortech mp40, quite expensive for one but it looks awesome!
So excited!!! Ordering my lights Friday! I ended up talking to a seller in eBay (the first listing I posted) and instead of waiting for an auction battle he offered me a deal of $420 for 3 full spectrum. Shipping & insurance included! So that's the route I'm going.
Be careful buying on EBAY make sure that they will honor any warranties and such. I have been many people having issues with the EBay Sellers not standing behind the product they are selling. GET IT IN WRITTING
do yourself a favor and go to your local hardware store and pickup a piece of foam insulation (or atleast syrofoam) and put it down under your sump/refugium. it will completely eliminate all motor sounds. (really kicking myself for not doing this on my setup)
just slip a mouspad under the external return pump, and get a thin piece of Styrofoam and put it under that mag 18. I can speak from experience when I say those mag 18's make a noticeable humming feedback sound through the stand