Nick72
Member
I've been very impressed with what I've seen of the new RGB lights from both ADA (Solar RGB) and Chihiros (RGB Vivid 2).
They provide far better colour rendition over all previous LEDs I've seen.
As an example I'm very happy with the growth rates I'm achieving with my single Fluval Plant 3.0 (46W) on a 90x45x45 50 US Gallon tank, but the colour rendition is less than optimum, particularly greens which tend to be yellow and washed out.
Would I buy new lights just to improve colour rendition to please my eye. Yes, I probably would.
So the question. When setting up previous full spectrum LED lights such as the Fluval Plant 3.0, it's common practice to turn the Blue LEDs down to somewhere between 5%-20% (I have mine on 5%) as Blue LEDs really push algae growth.
The whole point of these new RGB 3 in 1 LEDs is to give you full control over the Red, Green and Blue spectrum the lights push out to deliver such eye pleasing colour reproduction, so do you still need to turn the Blue right down?
If not, why not?
They provide far better colour rendition over all previous LEDs I've seen.
As an example I'm very happy with the growth rates I'm achieving with my single Fluval Plant 3.0 (46W) on a 90x45x45 50 US Gallon tank, but the colour rendition is less than optimum, particularly greens which tend to be yellow and washed out.
Would I buy new lights just to improve colour rendition to please my eye. Yes, I probably would.
So the question. When setting up previous full spectrum LED lights such as the Fluval Plant 3.0, it's common practice to turn the Blue LEDs down to somewhere between 5%-20% (I have mine on 5%) as Blue LEDs really push algae growth.
The whole point of these new RGB 3 in 1 LEDs is to give you full control over the Red, Green and Blue spectrum the lights push out to deliver such eye pleasing colour reproduction, so do you still need to turn the Blue right down?
If not, why not?