Blue/White balance for LEDs

mpderksen · 09/22/2014, 08:53 AM

In regards to my SPS, which are at the top of my tank. I'm trying to find a blend of blue and white that looks nice for my RapidLED fixture ("white" is actually the blend of white, red, green and UV).
There seems to be a pretty narrow range between them looking brown, and going white. I assume that white = bleaching? And brown means not enough?
Should I find a ratio that looks the way I like it, and then raise or lower them both at the same ratio? Or is blue stronger than white?
When I drop them, my Zoas also get pretty stretched out, so my goal is to have everything happy at the same time.
My baby Acro has little frills extending from the tips, which I think means it's happy. It is encrusting down. The Digi looks "furry". But no real growth on either after months.
Now, after my big GHA adventure where I pulled all the rock and restacked, the Acro looks a bit white this week.

Edit to add: how do you find the balance between intensity and duration?

mpderksen · 09/26/2014, 06:24 PM

Anyone?

Bryopsis · 09/27/2014, 06:30 AM

http://************.com/2014/09/12/m...s-view-online/ Not sure why it's not showing, it's reef breeders dat cam.
Or google 'first four speakers macna videos 2014'

Watch the 3rd video, zooxanthellae, etc.

It pretty much questions all our classifications of lighting and "preference of a coral".
We now need to somehow classify identical species that may or may not have a different symbiant.

mpderksen · 09/27/2014, 04:51 PM

Great video. I got a Molecular Biology degree and really understood the stuff he was talking about. I guess the take home point is: there IS no accurate way to just predict where a coral will thrive. Seems trial and error.
Given that, do I simply set the fixture to a level and watch for a few weeks before tweaking?

09/22/2014, 08:53 AM	#1
mpderksen Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Manteca, CA Posts: 1,853	Blue/White balance for LEDs In regards to my SPS, which are at the top of my tank. I'm trying to find a blend of blue and white that looks nice for my RapidLED fixture ("white" is actually the blend of white, red, green and UV). There seems to be a pretty narrow range between them looking brown, and going white. I assume that white = bleaching? And brown means not enough? Should I find a ratio that looks the way I like it, and then raise or lower them both at the same ratio? Or is blue stronger than white? When I drop them, my Zoas also get pretty stretched out, so my goal is to have everything happy at the same time. My baby Acro has little frills extending from the tips, which I think means it's happy. It is encrusting down. The Digi looks "furry". But no real growth on either after months. Now, after my big GHA adventure where I pulled all the rock and restacked, the Acro looks a bit white this week. Edit to add: how do you find the balance between intensity and duration? Last edited by mpderksen; 09/22/2014 at 09:26 AM.

09/26/2014, 06:24 PM	#2
mpderksen Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Manteca, CA Posts: 1,853	Anyone?

09/27/2014, 06:30 AM	#3
Bryopsis Registered Member. Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 275	http://************.com/2014/09/12/m...s-view-online/ Not sure why it's not showing, it's reef breeders dat cam. Or google 'first four speakers macna videos 2014' Watch the 3rd video, zooxanthellae, etc. It pretty much questions all our classifications of lighting and "preference of a coral". We now need to somehow classify identical species that may or may not have a different symbiant.

09/27/2014, 04:51 PM	#4
mpderksen Registered Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Manteca, CA Posts: 1,853	Great video. I got a Molecular Biology degree and really understood the stuff he was talking about. I guess the take home point is: there IS no accurate way to just predict where a coral will thrive. Seems trial and error. Given that, do I simply set the fixture to a level and watch for a few weeks before tweaking?