JMcGarva
01/31/2016, 10:32 PM
Hey all. Ever since I bought the Sunspect LED lights off ebay (china special) Ive had tons and tons and TONS of diatom bloom and its been months since I bought the lights. Its not going away. Ive also had a HUGE algae growth ever since I got those lights. The lights have two channels.
1st Channel has Cool white (10000k-14000k), Neutral White (6500k,7000k), Warm White (3500k-4500k), Violet (420nm), Green (520nm), Red (660nm)
2nd Channel has Blue and Royal Blue (460nm&450nm)
I was told the RED and the GREEN are whats causing the huge algae spike. Again, Ive never had this problem before. I acclimated the lights to the tank, and have even tried turning them down. Ive never gone over 50% with the lights. I have two 24" lights for a 48" L tank.
They sell replacement LED's and the took the light apart to see how easy it was to re-solder a new light in and it looks very easy. They sell Blue leds(470nm,440nm,450nm) and White LEDs(3500K,6500K,7500K,10000K)
I was just wondering if I replaced the red and green LED's with one of those replacements, would that help with the algae spike and "maybe the diatom bloom"?
If so which LED's should I buy to replace the red and green. There are 2 red and 2 greens on each light. Thanks
1st Channel has Cool white (10000k-14000k), Neutral White (6500k,7000k), Warm White (3500k-4500k), Violet (420nm), Green (520nm), Red (660nm)
2nd Channel has Blue and Royal Blue (460nm&450nm)
I was told the RED and the GREEN are whats causing the huge algae spike. Again, Ive never had this problem before. I acclimated the lights to the tank, and have even tried turning them down. Ive never gone over 50% with the lights. I have two 24" lights for a 48" L tank.
They sell replacement LED's and the took the light apart to see how easy it was to re-solder a new light in and it looks very easy. They sell Blue leds(470nm,440nm,450nm) and White LEDs(3500K,6500K,7500K,10000K)
I was just wondering if I replaced the red and green LED's with one of those replacements, would that help with the algae spike and "maybe the diatom bloom"?
If so which LED's should I buy to replace the red and green. There are 2 red and 2 greens on each light. Thanks