What lights show off coralline algae

[Emma1234]

Hi all.

I have 50-gallon reef tank that has been up for about 3 years. I have coralline algae growing on the rocks but it doesn't show up unless I move my lights to the front of the tank.

I want to add lights so the coralline algae show up better. Does anyone have any suggestions about lights that I could add to bring out the beauty of the coralline algae in my tank?

Here are the lights I have now....
I have one Current USA Orbit Marine LED Saltwater Reef Lighting System:
48 Dual Daylight/48 Dual Actinic LEDs, 96 LEDs Total. And one addition Actinic 36 inch LED strip, not sure how many total LEDs are in this in the Actinic strip. I did a rough count and it looks like there are about 200 small blue LED lights in this strip.

Here is my livestock: 2 clown fish, urchin, Soft corals star polyps, leathers, mushrooms. Candy cane coral.

Thank you so much for your advice!:wave:

 

[MurphyLong]

I have seen those lights in action at my LFS, and from what I witnessed, they aren't strong enough, nor do they have much spread from front to back.

I have 1 of the "165 watt" LED black boxes from Amazon with the programmable timer (it was $130'ish) and it has a great spread, lots of coverage.

 

[Shawn O]

Just a fyi, afaik, urchins are coralline eaters.

 

[mcgyvr]

Just a fyi, afaik, urchins are coralline eaters.

Oh yes... I employ an urchin solely to keep coralline out of my tanks as best as possible..

 

[mcgyvr]

Here are the lights I have now....
I have one Current USA Orbit Marine LED Saltwater Reef Lighting System:
48 Dual Daylight/48 Dual Actinic LEDs, 96 LEDs Total. And one addition Actinic 36 inch LED strip, not sure how many total LEDs are in this in the Actinic strip

In general around here we consider those lights basically "inferior" to others.. They use small .5W LEDs vs 3W in others and those lights are basically ok for low light loving corals in shallow tanks..
The lower wattage lacks the penetration/strength of others..

Frankly I just don't know why you would want to showcase coralline..
It really doesn't "fluoresce" like corals do so....