UV effectiveness on SPS

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  1. tom.n.day

    tom.n.day Eyelash Blennie

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    or since most are dimmable, turn down or off the "highlight" colors
     
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  2. Jay1982

    Jay1982 Spanish Shawl Nudibranch

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    exactlyobp, what are your tank's parameters? You have some really amazing coral growth. I'm running a CW RB set up but expanding to include Violet, red, green, and a few blue.
     
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  3. exactlyobp

    exactlyobp Giant Squid

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    Thanks Jay!

    Params..
    Ca: 527ppm
    Alk: 7.0dKH
    Mag: 1,280ppm
    PO4: 0.02ppm
    NO3: 0.25ppm

    Im happy with the result Im getting. So I can suggest you to widen the spectrum in addition to UV (420nm and 398nm).

    I got the 398nm from AquaStyleOnline.
     
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  4. RickM

    RickM Astrea Snail

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    I might remove some of my RB and incorporate some violet, waiting to see some results. I still have MH over my tank though
    Yes I think flash or perhaps turning down the blues and violets would give you a better idea of the changes in colors.
     
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  5. exactlyobp

    exactlyobp Giant Squid

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    A good friend of mine (takayan) made this awesome chart based on the Feature Article: Coral Coloration: Fluorescence: Part 1 by Dana Riddle.
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    What this chart means is that if you light with certain spectrum on corals, it turns into a certain color. If you wanna purple up a horrida, give it 400nm spectrum etc.

    So anyone want to update on UVs?
     
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  6. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    400nm is not UV its violet... sigh.......
     
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  7. exactlyobp

    exactlyobp Giant Squid

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    And you dont even have any of UV or 420nm, Alex.. sigh back...
     
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  8. ingtar_shinowa

    ingtar_shinowa Giant Squid

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    Such a bully........
     
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  9. Sacul1573

    Sacul1573 Millepora

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    Lol, remind me what UV stands for again??? ;)
     
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  10. Thatgrimguy

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    It is funny how people love to point out the technicality of these LEDs not being actual UV but everyone ignores the fact that "20k" bulbs are never actually 20k by the real kelvin scale, usually they are on the 40k+
     
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