lights and color

pressthebutton · 08/04/2006, 09:51 PM

im not quite sure how all those different colors and kelvins will look in my tank, 10000,14000,20000, actinic, daylight, etc. so, could you help me out by posting pictures of your t5s or halide shining and tell the color temp. thanks!

BeanAnimal · 08/04/2006, 10:25 PM

The photos will be useless.... to may variables to content with. (room lighting, camera settings, image editor settins, monitor settings, windows settings, and a few dozen other things.

Your best bet is to visit an LFS that has a good selection of lighting over their tanks... .or take a tank tour via your local reef club.

10,000 is fairly yellow.
14 whitish blue
20 very blue
actinic purple blue (depending on the type) or similar to a blacklight, daylight
daylight... white (could be towards yellow or blue depending on bulb)

mg426 · 08/05/2006, 12:32 AM

I would tend to agree, there is only about a million things that can influence a PIC.

theatrus · 08/05/2006, 01:01 AM

http://www.cnidarianreef.com/lamps.cfm

I believe the white balance was set correctly for each picture. It may not look like that in real life, but it should be a good indication.

08/04/2006, 09:51 PM	#1
pressthebutton Registered Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 201	lights and color im not quite sure how all those different colors and kelvins will look in my tank, 10000,14000,20000, actinic, daylight, etc. so, could you help me out by posting pictures of your t5s or halide shining and tell the color temp. thanks!

08/05/2006, 12:32 AM	#3
mg426 Registered Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: maryland Posts: 6,923	I would tend to agree, there is only about a million things that can influence a PIC. __________________ I found a way to make a small fortune running a reef tank. Start with a large fortune. Unofficial President of the SEACLONE haters club Current Tank Info: 125 mixed reef 110 lbs LR, 1x250watt XM 20K MH 2x175watt XM 20K MH on Magetics 2X96 watt actinic PC, 220 watt VHO actinic, 30 gallon refugium, closed loop system powered by Sequence Dart MSX 200 skimmer 38 gallon sump, Oceansmotions squirt

08/05/2006, 01:01 AM	#4
theatrus 100-mile-commuter Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: almost nevada Posts: 4,721	http://www.cnidarianreef.com/lamps.cfm I believe the white balance was set correctly for each picture. It may not look like that in real life, but it should be a good indication. __________________ Custom electronics purveyor. blueAcro.com Current Tank Info: 90g SPS+mixed reef (10 yrs): LEDBrick LEDs, 40g custom sump, Ca reactor, chiller, Vortech, lots of custom electronics

08/04/2006, 10:25 PM	#2
BeanAnimal Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 20,772	The photos will be useless.... to may variables to content with. (room lighting, camera settings, image editor settins, monitor settings, windows settings, and a few dozen other things. Your best bet is to visit an LFS that has a good selection of lighting over their tanks... .or take a tank tour via your local reef club. 10,000 is fairly yellow. 14 whitish blue 20 very blue actinic purple blue (depending on the type) or similar to a blacklight, daylight daylight... white (could be towards yellow or blue depending on bulb)