Lighting

[Mike24]

Hello i have t5 lighting (2x 10k 2x actinic) running on my 40g breeder tank, im thinking to change my light to (aquablue ati 15k 1x - blueplus high PAR 2x - purpleplus ati red-blue color 1x), is it gonna affect the growth or health of my corals?
My corals: red weslo brain coral, frogspawn, hammer, pipe coral, gSP, birdnest, gorgonian, zooanthids, red mushroom, . Thanks

 

[fort384]

The color will change, but it shouldn't make a ton of difference in PAR readings for your coral. I would think it would be comparable to what you are currently running.

 

[Mike24]

The colors will change a bit, but health and growth will not affect?

 

[fort384]

I am not going to say it will have 0 effect, but there should be little to no noticeable effect. You aren't changing the photosynthetically available radiation by much, just lightly shifting the color temperature of the light - but the new color temp is still within the range usable by zooxanthellae algae within your coral's tissue.

 

[Mike24]

Ok make sense..thank you so much...