UVL Indigo sun... yet?

redfishsc · 11/15/2009, 09:18 AM

Has anyone tried, and/or tested the PAR output of the UVL Indigo Sun?

How does it look compared to, say, the ATI Aquablue Special?

ricde · 11/15/2009, 12:40 PM

Hey Red, how're you feeling? Hope you don't have the swine flu. I'm just now getting over it. It put me in the bed for over 2 weeks.

I picked up an Indigo Sun from Aquarium Specialty about a month ago. To the naked eye (I don't have a par meter) it appears almost identical to the 75/25 with just a touch less pink.

Right now I have 4 blue +'s, a 75/25 and the Indigo all being overdriven by an IC 660. It's a nice 20k look but some of the reds just don't seem to pop. I'm thinking of getting a KZ bulb to add to the mix to pull out some more color but I'm not sure which bulb to switch out for the KZ.

What does Grim say about the Indigo? I haven't heard his view on it yet

redfishsc · 11/15/2009, 12:50 PM

Lol, I think it's not quite as serious as swine flu. I actually feel a good bit better today than I did yesterday.

I'm hoping Grim or someone will do some PAR testing to get some numbers on it.

Do you think it compares to the ATI Aquablue special?

ricde · 11/15/2009, 01:01 PM

I don't have an aquablue to compare but from the pics of it I'd say yes.

11/15/2009, 09:18 AM	#1
redfishsc Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 3,696	UVL Indigo sun... yet? Has anyone tried, and/or tested the PAR output of the UVL Indigo Sun? How does it look compared to, say, the ATI Aquablue Special? __________________ "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.

11/15/2009, 12:50 PM	#3
redfishsc Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Wake Forest, NC Posts: 3,696	Lol, I think it's not quite as serious as swine flu. I actually feel a good bit better today than I did yesterday. I'm hoping Grim or someone will do some PAR testing to get some numbers on it. Do you think it compares to the ATI Aquablue special? __________________ "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.

11/15/2009, 12:40 PM	#2
ricde Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 452	Hey Red, how're you feeling? Hope you don't have the swine flu. I'm just now getting over it. It put me in the bed for over 2 weeks. I picked up an Indigo Sun from Aquarium Specialty about a month ago. To the naked eye (I don't have a par meter) it appears almost identical to the 75/25 with just a touch less pink. Right now I have 4 blue +'s, a 75/25 and the Indigo all being overdriven by an IC 660. It's a nice 20k look but some of the reds just don't seem to pop. I'm thinking of getting a KZ bulb to add to the mix to pull out some more color but I'm not sure which bulb to switch out for the KZ. What does Grim say about the Indigo? I haven't heard his view on it yet

11/15/2009, 01:01 PM	#4
ricde Registered Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Fayetteville, NC Posts: 452	I don't have an aquablue to compare but from the pics of it I'd say yes.