Hi there guys,
I'm currently setting up a new tank after my old 60 gallon burst all over the living room! nice! the missus was not happy!
Anyway I have two arcadia T5 luminaires which I'm going to continue running but the new tank is 4 ft so I was thinking of adding an DIY LED setup.
I've found some fairly powerful LED strips which are 50 cms long and produce about 450 lumens, the colour is at 6500 k this is the highest kelvin value I can find while still retaining a reasonably high output.
Now here's my question I'm looking at the same strips in blue but all the blue LED's over here (UK) seem to peak at 470 nm which is obviously not the 420nm that actanics peak at. I've been scouring the net and looking at various articles on this forum and several others, the general opinion is that the coral will adapt to different wavelengths but I'm wondering if 470nm in the blue range is going to be too far, I don't really want to invest in about £200 worth of these strips as a test.
Anyone tested this already?
cheers for any help
stu
I'm currently setting up a new tank after my old 60 gallon burst all over the living room! nice! the missus was not happy!
Anyway I have two arcadia T5 luminaires which I'm going to continue running but the new tank is 4 ft so I was thinking of adding an DIY LED setup.
I've found some fairly powerful LED strips which are 50 cms long and produce about 450 lumens, the colour is at 6500 k this is the highest kelvin value I can find while still retaining a reasonably high output.
Now here's my question I'm looking at the same strips in blue but all the blue LED's over here (UK) seem to peak at 470 nm which is obviously not the 420nm that actanics peak at. I've been scouring the net and looking at various articles on this forum and several others, the general opinion is that the coral will adapt to different wavelengths but I'm wondering if 470nm in the blue range is going to be too far, I don't really want to invest in about £200 worth of these strips as a test.
Anyone tested this already?
cheers for any help
stu
