Because hellolight.com's "true pc actinics" were worthless by 6 months, I decided to add 220 watts of VHO to my 2 x 175 watt 10,000K Ushio light system. WOW! After a couple of months of truly true actinic supplementation, my corals have never looked better. A bunch of button polyps that were fugly brown which I had been eradicating as they grew closer to my sps's are now a bright fluorescent green. The centers of my blastomussa, trumpet, and favia corals have never been brighter and the tiny polyps on my montipora monasteriata positively glow. A green staghorn frag I picked up at Global has shifted to blue and a blue acro frag I got from Roger Holt before he moved is even bluer. A plain brown montipora capricornis frag has actually shifted closer to purple with purple polyps. When it comes time to replace the lights in my 4 x 96 watt CSL pc hood over my soft coral tank, I'm going with a 4 x 110 watt VHO system. The difference is unbelievable.
Just thought I'd share for all those trying to decide between pc and vho!
~ Sherri
Just thought I'd share for all those trying to decide between pc and vho!
~ Sherri