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Felixc395 · 07/09/2011, 09:58 AM

Now for the most part, I've heard LED's are great. But there's still some that report color loss or browning.

I was wondering if this was due to either
- a large increase in PAR over their previous non-LED light that is just too much for the corals to take, resulting in fading.
- but I still can't figure out the browning part. I feel like at times this is a result of a non-light aspect as maybe water quality of flow isn't supposed to be.

Now LED's have been around a while, and I've also heard they don't cover the spectrum well. Based off some fantastic LED tanks, I don't believe it for a second.

But could someone clarify this to me? Does LED do an adequate job covering the proper spectrum, say an AI module for instance???

07/09/2011, 09:58 AM	#19
Felixc395 Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,612	Now for the most part, I've heard LED's are great. But there's still some that report color loss or browning. I was wondering if this was due to either - a large increase in PAR over their previous non-LED light that is just too much for the corals to take, resulting in fading. - but I still can't figure out the browning part. I feel like at times this is a result of a non-light aspect as maybe water quality of flow isn't supposed to be. Now LED's have been around a while, and I've also heard they don't cover the spectrum well. Based off some fantastic LED tanks, I don't believe it for a second. But could someone clarify this to me? Does LED do an adequate job covering the proper spectrum, say an AI module for instance???