C3hutson
08/12/2015, 02:36 PM
Hi there,
I recently upgraded from a 37 tall to a 75 gallon acrylic. I carried over my 24" reefbreeders clone knowing that it wouldn't offer coverage on the sides.
http://i.imgur.com/FPrZf74.jpg
My problem isn't really the side coverage, as I have all corals at this point towards the center of the tank. My problem is that, under this light, I've had relatively slow SPS growth and I'd like to increase my lighting. I've been running ch1 (blue) at 100% and ch2 (white) at 60%. Any more on channel two leads to a very yellow look that I don't find attractive.
I've come up with the potential solution of adding 1 or 2 48" LET T5 retrofit lights on each front and rear side of the 24" LED. I hope to add a little more light to the edges while supplimenting the middle with much more light.
My major question is, what bulbs would you recommend? Again, I would like to stay away from the yellow spectrum that I get when I crank CH2 on my LED, and I'm hoping that this would help that issue out.
I can't stress enough that I don't think the color is bad at all from the LED on this setting, I'm just afraid I could be supplying more par by running whites higher, if I can get past the yellow look.
I recently upgraded from a 37 tall to a 75 gallon acrylic. I carried over my 24" reefbreeders clone knowing that it wouldn't offer coverage on the sides.
http://i.imgur.com/FPrZf74.jpg
My problem isn't really the side coverage, as I have all corals at this point towards the center of the tank. My problem is that, under this light, I've had relatively slow SPS growth and I'd like to increase my lighting. I've been running ch1 (blue) at 100% and ch2 (white) at 60%. Any more on channel two leads to a very yellow look that I don't find attractive.
I've come up with the potential solution of adding 1 or 2 48" LET T5 retrofit lights on each front and rear side of the 24" LED. I hope to add a little more light to the edges while supplimenting the middle with much more light.
My major question is, what bulbs would you recommend? Again, I would like to stay away from the yellow spectrum that I get when I crank CH2 on my LED, and I'm hoping that this would help that issue out.
I can't stress enough that I don't think the color is bad at all from the LED on this setting, I'm just afraid I could be supplying more par by running whites higher, if I can get past the yellow look.