Can you all help me with my photo ??'s

[mama]

Thanks Cory!! BTW...you are going on a field trip to my house soon!! I have just been crazy busywith one reason being I am in transition of taking down my 40g and putting it into a 46g bowfront. My buddies at River City are getting me set on more light fixtures, with the bulbs you mentioned!! But they agreed there was really no way at this time that poor ole zoa was going to go from this pukey pink to the royal blue I thought I was getting. I am really stumped on that one.... Let's see how the additional lights look and I will post pictures, but I am sure I will freak everything out for a while by this transition....Wish me luck!!!!!! and I will PM when things look GOOD!!!

Laura

[ErikH]

The kelvin rating of the bulbs used is what changes the coloration via photograph. Granted you can correct this via white balance, but I'm sure their object was to get "what the eye sees", so based on Kelvin rating, this can easily change. The Phoenix 14ks are uber blue and alot of people that do not use actinics use them for that specific reason. I personally love them. Coloration of corals is dependent on overall conditions of the water, including light. Alot of zoas under high lighting conditions will have more white in them in comparison to those that are in areas of more subdued lighting.
HTH