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From MH to LED – How to restore the yellow brilliance of my fish… (1 Viewer)

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Mandarin417

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I have been using a 250W 20K MH light with a BML super actinic light bar over my reef tank which includes an Asfur, a Regal, a Scribbled, a yellow Coris Wrasse and a pair of yellow watchman gobies. Moving from the MH to Kessil A360X, I have lost the brilliance of the yellow on these fish trying all different intensities and color choices on the LED light. What can I to restore the brilliant yellow appearance? Go to a T5 hybrid? Add Reefbrite LED strips? I would love advice.
 

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The reason there is so little response, is because there is no replacement for MH 😳
leds are awesome in their Flexibility and so on. They make great lights. But the honest truth is that if I had the heat output from MH under control and didn’t have a problem replacing the bulb once a year, I would never have switched.

thats only my opinion of course..
 

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t5ho - ati blue+, ati coral plus, ati puple plus, ge 6500k will all help to varying degree. Depends on how white you want your tank.
 
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