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Big_Pun
Mon, 24th Mar 2014, 10:57 AM
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/blog/red-light-negatively-affects-health-of-stony-coral

lt1z28
Mon, 24th Mar 2014, 11:03 AM
Good to know. Thanks for sharing

350gt
Mon, 24th Mar 2014, 11:21 AM
"Note: red light is commonly found in proven lights such as Radium metal halides and numerous fluorescent bulbs as well as in wild reefs, so the idea is not that red light is necessarily harmful but that too much red light can have negative effects on how stony corals regulate photosynthesis."

Dean
Mon, 24th Mar 2014, 11:33 AM
So don't make your tank look like Mars and it will be okay? :)

350gt
Mon, 24th Mar 2014, 11:41 AM
Lol pretty much

envy
Mon, 24th Mar 2014, 12:06 PM
interesting read thanks for sharing

Bill S
Mon, 24th Mar 2014, 06:09 PM
This isn't surprising. Reds don't penetrate water well, which is why deep water looks so blue.

350gt
Mon, 24th Mar 2014, 10:54 PM
Just keep them low and you will be fine... I have mine set to come on pretty early with my blues, gives it a awesome look...