Should i run blue lights and white or all white

[gunther13mt]

I have a current tank and i run all white LED setting i can run blue red yellow and green as well but leave it on the white setting. Should i have a blue lighting effect as well. Advice would be appreciated.

Current tank owners:
2 true clowns
2 watchmen goby
1 enginer goby
2 hermit crabs (blue legged)
4 emerald crabs
6 turbo snails
4 cleaner shrimp
1 sand shifting starfish


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[cnreef]

Yes.

 

[cloak]

I would run them all, but have the blues come on an hour before the whites and go off and hour after. Dusk /dawn so to say. GL.

 

[Ron Reefman]

Run them all at some point. You coral uses blue for photosynthesis so it is very important. However, if it is fish only, blue is much less important.

 

[gunther13mt]

Thank you all for the advice i only have fish rite now so not as important but will run them more once i get corals

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[Reeferfourlife]

Even for fish only, i would run all of them for color from fish. Looks more enhance then just white. Plus creating dusk to dawn helps the fish to know when the day will start and end

 

[gunther13mt]

How can i set my lights up to do that automatically i have the fluvale sky lights but idk how to program them to auto switch colors im hardly home when the lights come on and off due to work

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[Reeferfourlife]

Do some online search or read the manual to find out if its possible. Never had this light help you.

 

[Ron Reefman]

That light appears to be pretty much a fish only fixture as the leds are pretty weak. If/when you want to start adding coral I'd seriously consider a better fixture with 3 watt leds.

 

[gunther13mt]

This has 18 watt LEDs i will add a picture of the one i have when i get home

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[gunther13mt]

How can i set my lights up to do that automatically i have the fluvale sky lights but idk how to program them to auto switch colors im hardly home when the lights come on and off due to work

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Correction it is an aquasky light not sky


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[chefbill]

3w per LED. not total for the fixture.

 

[gunther13mt]

Any recommendations youd make

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[Shawn O]

Can't hurt to at least keep the reds on to help with a little algae growth for your herbivores.

 

[gunther13mt]

I have plenty of algae actuly just treated the tank with chemiclean to help get some out of the tank

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[Shawn O]

Ahah, will there you go. Do it however your like the look of. There's no wrong way with a FOWLR tank.

 

[gunther13mt]

Im wanting to add anenomes and corals later for now its still a fairly new tank only about 6 months old

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