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I am indeed overdue for a review...
So far, my only coral is an eagle eye zoa colony, and my clownfish shows it's colors differently depending on settings, so I'll include it.
Basically, with both "whites" and "blues" on the lowest dimmer setting, which is still 50%, I get pretty much a 12k look, with a slight blue-green slant to it, when looking at the back of the tank. The sand is bright white, and the rock just appears "normal", which is brownish right now. I have some algae growing on it, but no corralline. The eagle eyes at this setting have brown stalks, slightly blue middles, dull red rings, and a green skirt that does have some pop. The clown's orange is very bright, and the white has a glow to it, like a white article of clothing when under just black light.
If I have just the whites, it's a very green white. The whites, despite only having 4 leds that are whites (WW), is very bright. I don't ever run my tank like this.
With just blues, the zoas look really bright, the skirts appear bright yellow, bright red rings, and the rest of the zoas, including stalks, are bright blue. The clown is just black and white, with the white being really "popped".
The sand still looks really white, but the rocks look blue.
I run my tank with whites at lowest setting, and blues at the highest. This gives a 20k look, and the green isn't really noticeable. The skirts on the zoas still look green, but pop a bit more. I wish I could dim the whites more than they go down to...I could modify it again, leaving just 1 white led, taking out all but one red and one amber, leaving in all greens, and adding back in some 450nm blues.
It seems whatever is in your tank dominates the color bias, so I have a lot of reddish algae on my sand, which gives the impression of too much brownish red. It looks better when I clean my sand.
I can't wait to stock it up with some colorful coral, as that will make a difference on the "ambiance" of the tank.
I would load up pics, but they are not accurate at all, and the blues look really hideous, washing out everything.
So far, my only coral is an eagle eye zoa colony, and my clownfish shows it's colors differently depending on settings, so I'll include it.
Basically, with both "whites" and "blues" on the lowest dimmer setting, which is still 50%, I get pretty much a 12k look, with a slight blue-green slant to it, when looking at the back of the tank. The sand is bright white, and the rock just appears "normal", which is brownish right now. I have some algae growing on it, but no corralline. The eagle eyes at this setting have brown stalks, slightly blue middles, dull red rings, and a green skirt that does have some pop. The clown's orange is very bright, and the white has a glow to it, like a white article of clothing when under just black light.
If I have just the whites, it's a very green white. The whites, despite only having 4 leds that are whites (WW), is very bright. I don't ever run my tank like this.
With just blues, the zoas look really bright, the skirts appear bright yellow, bright red rings, and the rest of the zoas, including stalks, are bright blue. The clown is just black and white, with the white being really "popped".
The sand still looks really white, but the rocks look blue.
I run my tank with whites at lowest setting, and blues at the highest. This gives a 20k look, and the green isn't really noticeable. The skirts on the zoas still look green, but pop a bit more. I wish I could dim the whites more than they go down to...I could modify it again, leaving just 1 white led, taking out all but one red and one amber, leaving in all greens, and adding back in some 450nm blues.
It seems whatever is in your tank dominates the color bias, so I have a lot of reddish algae on my sand, which gives the impression of too much brownish red. It looks better when I clean my sand.
I can't wait to stock it up with some colorful coral, as that will make a difference on the "ambiance" of the tank.
I would load up pics, but they are not accurate at all, and the blues look really hideous, washing out everything.
