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djkms;160545 said:
Gabe,
What are you hoping to accomplish with oranges? I know reds are not what you ordered but visually you will be very hard pressed to see a difference between red and orange IMO. As a matter of fact I would venture to guess that orange will give you a worse look than red because orange has more yellow in it. This will give a more dull and brown look IMO. Put your whites only on then put on your whites and reds. This should give you a rough idea of what orange would look like.
Now if you are not a fan because of spectrum, how do you know how the corals will respond to it so soon? Also, if it is spectrum you are upset about not getting can you link us to any articles which specify orange is a usable spectrum?
btw - personally I love the look with the reds and blue/royal blues on. Such a neat intense purple look and fish really look cool!! Just my opinion though
What are you hoping to accomplish with oranges? I know reds are not what you ordered but visually you will be very hard pressed to see a difference between red and orange IMO. As a matter of fact I would venture to guess that orange will give you a worse look than red because orange has more yellow in it. This will give a more dull and brown look IMO. Put your whites only on then put on your whites and reds. This should give you a rough idea of what orange would look like.
Now if you are not a fan because of spectrum, how do you know how the corals will respond to it so soon? Also, if it is spectrum you are upset about not getting can you link us to any articles which specify orange is a usable spectrum?
btw - personally I love the look with the reds and blue/royal blues on. Such a neat intense purple look and fish really look cool!! Just my opinion though
My main concern with the red is the algae problems I keep reading about with red. Orange penetrates deeper in as far as meters go so it affects more coral so I wanted the orange to benefit more coral. I read a lot of this on LED discussions in this forum. Also not to mention a lot of my red coral look yellow under these lights which is a huge turn off to me. I mean look at the fish pic I posted. That yellow paly above the frogspawn is an ember...
That's awesome that you guys like them and all but really it makes me feel angry when I look at my tank now. The moonlights are freakin awesome though. Here's a moonlight pic.
I found a piece of marco rock behind my piles that was just laying there, I made another smaller bridge toward the bottom and squeezed in a good 6 frags on it woohoo! Took out that frag rack and placed frags all over the tank. Turned the rock I had on the left and found tons more real estate on the side. Cleaned the heck out of my tank. Found a few chunk of briopsis which freakin blows. That's what I get for being a frag ho. I ordered tech M last week so I will fix this shortly after it arrives.
All in all I like my new tank. The lights I'm still working on. Mainly want the violets. If it turns out the red really is just some insane orange then I will ask them to reduce it from 4 to 2.
Thanks all for the great feedback and support in this transition. It's been a hell of a chore but I love this hobby!
That's awesome that you guys like them and all but really it makes me feel angry when I look at my tank now. The moonlights are freakin awesome though. Here's a moonlight pic.
I found a piece of marco rock behind my piles that was just laying there, I made another smaller bridge toward the bottom and squeezed in a good 6 frags on it woohoo! Took out that frag rack and placed frags all over the tank. Turned the rock I had on the left and found tons more real estate on the side. Cleaned the heck out of my tank. Found a few chunk of briopsis which freakin blows. That's what I get for being a frag ho. I ordered tech M last week so I will fix this shortly after it arrives.
All in all I like my new tank. The lights I'm still working on. Mainly want the violets. If it turns out the red really is just some insane orange then I will ask them to reduce it from 4 to 2.
Thanks all for the great feedback and support in this transition. It's been a hell of a chore but I love this hobby!
