Help me figurure out my issue (4/19 New Sump?)

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  1. Kevin_E

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    13 4500K neutral whites
    4 480nm blue
    6 420nm violet
    2 660nm deep reds
    30 450nm royal blues
     
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    You may want to look at adding some greens, reds, natural daylight and UV...... Here's what mine looks like

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    I personally think there may be too much blue in your fixture. I don't know. I would like to hear from someone who maybe has more experience with LED's than I do and the different layouts.
     
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    Could be. I wonder if others are having growth issue with their fixture.
     
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    Possibility....I don't know man. The first thing i would attack are those parameters though. I think bringing some of that down, especially the mag, you will see some improvement. You may also think about backing off of your blues a bit and increasing your whites a bit. How's your coralline growth?
     
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    The back wall has some, but it's old and pretty colorless *(blue-gray). I've never been able to grow it on my rocks. Small pin-head spots pop up on the front wall every month or so. What percentage should I go with of each?
     
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    Do you think you could achieve something like a 14k look? Your stuff looks to be more of a 20000k look right now. Here's the thing though, I wouldn't change a bunch of stuff at once. Get those parameters lowered a bit, give it a week or two and then change the lights a bit.
     
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    I should probably include my flow for comprehensiveness. I have 490 gph and 420 gph Koralia.
     
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    With a roughly 2:1 blue to white ratio, what percentage do you think I should go with?