Cool! What did that setup cost? Just curious.
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i get them locally here in my country for 15$ (in ur currency) each... the blues are royal blues and the whites are pure white... they whites might be 8000k coz if u click a pic, there is a bluish tint, which shows that its on the higher kelvin side... its really intense... im also planning to connect a tank to the current setup and use 3w gu10 bulbs (have seen many reefers using them)...
I believe that sticking to basic and some common sense, saves loads of money when it comes to reefing...
As far as the lighting is concerned, i saw people spending 1000s of $$$ on branded ones and its really stupid... some basics i know and have tested are:
1) Bluer light penetrates the most and as you move into ocean, it looks bluer and bluer.. so use of blues with whites 50/50 or 60/40 is a good thing...
2) As u see in oceans that the sun light shimmers, MH and high power leds Shimmer too, that got me to using LED flood lights and trying 3w gu10s (iv seen people growing all sps and clams using gu10s)
3) Using t5s and plls is a pain as they loose the intensity within 3months so changing is compulsary, leds last for atleast 3yrs - 5yrs max
4) I dont know about other countries, but in my country, the electricity bills come really high so MH are no chance. i had used 75w MH and my bill came to 500$ for just 1 month
5) All these big brands are using the same leds that you get on ebay... even crees are not that expensive but when you get these cheap led lights brandless, i think trying them is not gona loose anything..
6) People who advertise them espesially the famous hobbyist, get them for free or at 50% discount from the companies so thats how they tell us to buy them. Im not saying they are bad, im saying the prices are just not worth.
7) you can go for these branded lights only if you want funky stuff like changing kelvin and stuff, programming, etc. you can go for them.. i use timers, like blues are on for 10hrs and whites for 8hrs...
iv seen people using 420nm and without too, never saw any difference in growth or colour xcpt the look of the tank... im too planing on 420nm as i like the look of it but nothing else...
