going from 20K to 14K...?

flipteg

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i bought my 150w MH lighting fixture about 6 months ago... it came with a 20KK bulb... not having any previous experiences with MH lighting before, i was kinda disappointed with the color temperature from the first time i turned it on... it was too blue for my taste and even it's 150w, it still seemed dark...

today, i got a new 14KK bulb... the light seems so much brighter than the blue one... there is a very slight yellow tint to the color but not enough to bother me... when i turn off the lights in the room, looking into the aquarium is like looking outside a house window when it's sunny and clear outside...

my question is, since the perception that i have is that the 14KK bulb is so much brighter than the 20KK bulb, would this benefit the corals in anyway...?
 
When I switched my 14k out for a 10k I noticed much faster coral growth. I think the closer to white/yellow light the more the corals grow. The blue is just mostly aesthetics from what I understand
 
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