Best LED colors ???

raynelson23 · 01/24/2012, 08:23 PM

I am planning on updating the hood of my 14 gallon biocube with the retrofit rapid LED kit. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on color mixtures for the 12 leds going into the hood. I've heard that 3 cw, 3 ww, 4 rb, and 2 cyan was a good combination....Anyone else have any experience with rapid led or seen any other good color combos???

THANKS EVERYONE!!!

redfishsc · 01/24/2012, 08:33 PM

Please don't use cyan. I use them over a freshwater tank, and regret ever getting them. I would never put them over a reef, their greenish color is just overpowering. I have to keep them quite dim.

For 12 LEDs, I would personally use 3 neutral white and 9 royal blue, and just be done with it. You can get some really nice 3-emitter stars that have exactly this from LED group buy (just google it, can't link it here). The benefit to using those 3-up stars is that you get much more consistent color mixing.

raynelson23 · 01/24/2012, 08:39 PM

Redfish, thanks for the reply...I checked out that website, and there are so many options for lights in there and no kits lol. I dont think I have the knowledge to put together a bundle of lights and other components to create a new hood for my tank. Are there any builds you know of that could help me out with that?

thanks!

01/24/2012, 08:23 PM	#1
raynelson23 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 50	Best LED colors ??? I am planning on updating the hood of my 14 gallon biocube with the retrofit rapid LED kit. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on color mixtures for the 12 leds going into the hood. I've heard that 3 cw, 3 ww, 4 rb, and 2 cyan was a good combination....Anyone else have any experience with rapid led or seen any other good color combos??? THANKS EVERYONE!!!

01/24/2012, 08:33 PM	#2
redfishsc Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 3,696	Please don't use cyan. I use them over a freshwater tank, and regret ever getting them. I would never put them over a reef, their greenish color is just overpowering. I have to keep them quite dim. For 12 LEDs, I would personally use 3 neutral white and 9 royal blue, and just be done with it. You can get some really nice 3-emitter stars that have exactly this from LED group buy (just google it, can't link it here). The benefit to using those 3-up stars is that you get much more consistent color mixing. __________________ "The measure of a life is not its duration but its donation." Corrie Ten Boom “The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins” -- Søren Kierkegaard Current Tank Info: ghetto grad school reef.....11g rimless tank, 36X9X9, lit by Cree and Rebels scobbled together. Stocked mostly with free stuff I got from panhandling my fellow reefers.

01/24/2012, 08:39 PM	#3
raynelson23 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 50	Redfish, thanks for the reply...I checked out that website, and there are so many options for lights in there and no kits lol. I dont think I have the knowledge to put together a bundle of lights and other components to create a new hood for my tank. Are there any builds you know of that could help me out with that? thanks!