Another DIY LED color question

[dcarrington]

Afternoon All. I am going to be building my lighting system for my new 225 tank. I am going with a rapidLED 180 dimmable kit with an Apex controller. The setup will have 3 modules/heatsinks with 36 LED's on each module.
So far I am unsure as to the white led's, should I stay with the set cool whites the kit comes with, or replace some with either neutral white or warm whites?
Those with more XP, what do you think of my color choices, and if you think they are ok, or could be improved to provide a broader spectrum of colors. All the LED's are the Cree's. Seems the more I read on teh internets the more confused I am getting.... THANKS!

7 Cool White
5 Warm White
9 Royal Blue
6 Blue
5 UV/Violet
2 Red
2 Green

Can have 4 dimming channels and was considering the following:
Channel 1: Whites
Channel 2: Blues
Channel 3: Colors (UV, green, red)

OR
Channel 1: Cool White
Channel 2: Warm White
Channel 3: Blues
Channel 4: Colors (UV, green, red)

 

[asid61]

Change the 7 cool whites to a mix of 4 neutral white and 3 royal blue.
Then remove 3 cool blues and replace them with 2 royal blues and 1 neutral white.
And replace 3 warm whites with neutral whites.
You should end up with:
5 Neutral White
2 Warm White
14 Royal Blue
3 Blue
5 UV/Violet (THIS IS ACTUALLY TRUE VIOLET)
2 Red
2 Green

For the dimming channels, try:
Ch1: RB and Blue
Ch2: NW and WW
Ch3: Red + Green
Ch4: Violets

 

[dcarrington]

Change the 7 cool whites to a mix of 4 neutral white and 3 royal blue.
Then remove 3 cool blues and replace them with 2 royal blues and 1 neutral white.
And replace 3 warm whites with neutral whites.
You should end up with:
5 Neutral White
2 Warm White
14 Royal Blue
3 Blue
5 UV/Violet (THIS IS ACTUALLY TRUE VIOLET)
2 Red
2 Green

For the dimming channels, try:
Ch1: RB and Blue
Ch2: NW and WW
Ch3: Red + Green
Ch4: Violets

Thanks for the quick reply! In your setup I only have 33 LED's when I have a total of 36 on each module. With the remaining 3 LED's, was thinking add 1WW, 1NW, and 1B, so I have the list below?
6 Neutral White
3 Warm White
14 Royal Blue
4 Blue
5 UV/Violet
2 Red
2 Green

 

[dcarrington]

Change the 7 cool whites to a mix of 4 neutral white and 3 royal blue.
Then remove 3 cool blues and replace them with 2 royal blues and 1 neutral white.
And replace 3 warm whites with neutral whites.
You should end up with:
5 Neutral White
2 Warm White
14 Royal Blue
3 Blue
5 UV/Violet (THIS IS ACTUALLY TRUE VIOLET)
2 Red
2 Green

For the dimming channels, try:
Ch1: RB and Blue
Ch2: NW and WW
Ch3: Red + Green
Ch4: Violets

Thanks for the quick reply! In your setup I only have 33 LED's when I have a total of 36 on each module. With the remaining 3 LED's, was thinking add 1WW, 1NW, and 1B, so I have the list below?
6 Neutral White
3 Warm White
14 Royal Blue
4 Blue
5 UV/Violet
2 Red
2 Green

 

[asid61]

Thanks for the quick reply! In your setup I only have 33 LED's when I have a total of 36 on each module. With the remaining 3 LED's, was thinking add 1WW, 1NW, and 1B, so I have the list below?
6 Neutral White
3 Warm White
14 Royal Blue
4 Blue
5 UV/Violet
2 Red
2 Green

Maybe remove one blue and replace it with a violet. But that's not really a bug point. Go for it!