is lightning enough to bring up the blue in the sps ?

[chercm]

i am running 2x250W Reeflux mh onky

is it enough to bring up the blue in the sps ?

 

[gofor100]

It kind of depends on the type of SPS, the color of the bulb, and the depth of your tank or where you place the corals.

For instance, I'm running 2X250W DE XM bulbs that are 15,000K in LumenMax Elites Reflectors in my 60 gallon... and they bring out blues in my blue/purple corals... Acro Tenuis, Tricolor Bali, Blue Milli, Pink Formosa w/blue tips, Hawkins Echinata, Blue Oregon Tort...

I think if you go at a lower Kelvin (i.e., 10,000K), then you'll have less luck with the corals coloring up.

 

[chercm]

i am using 12k SE bulb with Lumenarc reflectors

 

[Andrew Henry]

WOW! You plan to harness the power of 'lightning' just to color up your SPS!? That's amazing!





Sorry couldn't resist!

 

[chercm]

come on .... but i want to know whether is this enough only

 

[Surf&turf]

WOW! You plan to harness the power of 'lightning' just to color up your SPS!? That's amazing!





Sorry couldn't resist!

good one!!:lmao:

 

[gofor100]

Well, I've never tried 12,000K myself, so I'm not sure... but worst case, since you seem to already have the lighting set-up, get a blue SPS coral and see what happens. If it doesn't retain its colors, then the next time you switch out your bulbs, just replace them with 14,000K or 15,000K...

 

[LifeAquatic]

14K works well to bring out color. 20k will do even better for color.

 

[grabthereef]

jus hit it with a blue led or t5 supplementation