Blue vs. White moonlight LEDs?

[jjk_reef00]

Many animals have difficulty picking up red spectrums at night.

They typically have to see other colors mixed with the red in order to see it properly.

Exactly why it might be a good idea to try red ones. You get to see them just as they would behave at night.
I'm very curious about the red lights, sounds cool.

 

[ReyesOzaeta]

Always a blue moon is better than once in a blue moon��

 

[EMeyer]

The schedule of moonlight triggers spawning in most corals. the color is unimportant, what matters is the timing. Lunar cycles are out of phase with day/night cycles; so the "moonlights" hobbyists use that come on right after "sunset" are not at all appropriate for simulating moonlight. Also, all the lights hobbyists use are *way* too bright if you're looking to actually simulate moonlight. Full moon at 30' deep is nearly pitch black.

All that said, yes, you can trigger reproduction in an aquarium by properly simulating lunar cycles. Its been observed by many for planulating brooders like Pocillopora damicornis and more recently even for Acropora.

But its very unlikely to happen in a home hobbyist tank for a variety of reasons.

 

[jd371]

Just stuck these under my fixture to give the corals more pop. The Royal Blue LED's really make the coral's color vibrant. I have them come on a couple of hours before the main lights shut off and the stay on for a couple of hours after for my viewing pleasure.

https://www.rapidled.com/4-led-solderless-moonlight-kit/

 

[Joe0813]

what does white moon lighting even look like?? I turn on just white lights on my radions and it just looks like the light is on without the blues