Calling all Full Spectrum Guys...

Would love to see a pic. How many reds did the fixture have and how many other leds?

 

Refresh my memory on your tank dimensions.

 

Standard 65g = 36x18x24deep

Currently the optics are 14 inches from the surface of the water. And I beleive I have 60 degree optics on all the current leds and it mixes fine.

 

Nothing wrong with deep red and greens, deep red (660nm) hits an absorption peak in Chlorophyll A. Green hits the absorption peak in DiaDinoxanthin, a protein that flouresces yellow light.

 

You probably have too much red, we recently altered our layouts to include less. It is still important, see the above post.

 

Thanks for chiming in with that. I definitely think 660nm red needs included, just not sure how much.

 

greens are worthless, cyan is much better. UV is <400, 420nm is TV. Use DR instead of red

 

Use 80s on these; a good balance between blending and reaching the bottom of your tank.

 

That's what I was originally thinking. Thanks for your input. Hopefully this will give me more the look I am going for. My current setup is a 50/50 ratio of RB to Whites and I just can't get the whites up very high or it overpowers the blues too much for my taste. I like more of a 18-20k look.

 

Doesn't really do it justice but two reds six blues four whites. But even with my Chinese fixture I feel like the whites and reds wash out the colors. But I'm biased because I like a bluer tank