will this be enough

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  1. Rawdogz

    Rawdogz Torch Coral

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    I am setting up a 10 gallon tank and I plan to put LED on it the spec on the LED am looking at is

    1 watt HQ LEDs
    6x 10,000K LED
    3x Actinic 460nm LED

    a little bit of everything will be in and out of this tank, from shroom to birds nest
     
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  2. skurious

    skurious Sailfin Tang

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    no blue leds?
     
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  3. Rawdogz

    Rawdogz Torch Coral

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    yea the 3x Actinic 460nm will be the blues. unless am not understanding the questions.
     
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    What are "1 watt HQ LEDs"?
     
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    Can you provide a link to these? But IMO, that's gonna be WHITE. I'd do more along the lines of 6 blues and 4 whites.
     
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    Rawdogz Torch Coral

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  7. Biocube

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    How many of these are you looking to purchase? One guy put two over his BC29, but I don't see how it will be able to grow SPS or have high PAR values on the sand.
     
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    jtnova13 Bristle Worm

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    usually the suggested is 2:1 blues:whites
     
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    sorry, I'm not really seeing how this would be enough for a birds nest or other high light coral, plus I think its going to be way to WHITE and the colors won't look that good.
     
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  10. Rawdogz

    Rawdogz Torch Coral

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    QUOTE=jtnova13;1332804]usually the suggested is 2:1 blues:whites[/QUOTE]

    Cool I will go with that

    [/quote]sorry, I'm not really seeing how this would be enough for a birds nest or other high light coral, plus I think its going to be way to WHITE and the colors won't look that good. [/quote]

    it’s going to be a hospital tank. Right now I don’t have a birds nest to put in there that needs caring for, what will go in the tank right now is a pineapple. So I am looking for a light that can do intense coral but doesn’t really have to because right now I don’t have anything that intense. It all falls down to if the price is right.
     
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