LED + T5 Reef

[asonitez]

I've been playing around alot with photography and even picked up a portrait lens for my NikonD40 fr0om adorama that I have been playing around with. I was shooting the tank under the Blue's and this is what I came up with.


DSC_0686 by Asonitez, on Flickr


DSC_0678 by Asonitez, on Flickr


DSC_0652 by Asonitez, on Flickr


DSC_0619 by Asonitez, on Flickr


DSC_0615 by Asonitez, on Flickr

Just as the T5's turned off I took this one. I thought the shadows were cool and scary


DSC_0649 by Asonitez, on Flickr

 

[asonitez]

PRE-T5


IMG_0144 (Medium) by Asonitez, on Flickr

After-T5


IMG_0273 (Medium) by Asonitez, on Flickr


After adding the T5's (ATI Purple Plus X2) I noticed that it completely eliminated all of the dark spots and made the tank so much brighter! I was simply amazed at the change. My wife came in and thought that my LED's had malfunctioned and stayed on permanently. The other thing I noticed was that even though it Raised PAR that it helped bounce and disperse a LOT of light to cut down the beaming effect. I only used 2 Bulbs but that's all I really needed.

*Note: ATI Purple + and KZ Fiji Purple BOTH had the same effect. Looked Identical to the eye and I ran each pair for a day and corals responded the exact same way.



IMG_0271 (Medium) by Asonitez, on Flickr


IMG_0270 (Medium) by Asonitez, on Flickr


IMG_0272 (Medium) by Asonitez, on Flickr


IMG_0274 (Medium) by Asonitez, on Flickr