LED colors?

[jrossjr79]

I would be afraid of having the UV on the same channel with the blues..... I've read too much UV can be a bad thing..... With them on the same channel as the blues you might not want to crank them up......

any chance of adding another channel and adding violets with the uv's ?

Just so I know, what is the pros and cons of having UV?

[jcnkt_ellis]

From what I've read UV, under 400nm, does not give any extra color pop as the natural "sunscreen" corals produce is clear and too much can kill the coral...it really is all about the violet right now with a wavelength anywhere from 410-430nm for color

[koa25]

I've read that UV disperses quickly in the first 12" of water. So anything under that has no effect.

[FireWater]

I agree with all the above.

If you can get another channel I would add the uv and violet to it. I've been trying to compile some links for you, but dr visits and other things have taken my time. 400-430 is good and 430-460 is beneficial as well.

Like I said earlier I'm thinking, just thinking of running two uv total. That means one on each vega. I plan to run two violets per vega. I have a 120 that is a 4'x2' footprint. The optics on that fixture will be a huge factor as well.

[polarbear]

so would you think maybe running 2 violets and 1 UV on the blue channel would be ok? The fixture Im getting only has 2 power cords and 2 dimming knobs so I dont think the violets and UV's could be controled on their own.

[jcnkt_ellis]

Personally, I'd go with 3 violets and no UV. The violets can be ran on the same channel as the blues, I have a 50/50 mix of royal blue and violet on its own channel.

[polarbear]

So you dont have to worry about cranking it up to high. What wave length are the violets?

[1seahorse]

I recently got a UV stunner strip with dimmer. Noticed a color difference even after the UV is turned off. my brown to slight purple Acro is now a beautiful turquoise, blue green and has grown a lot faster with UV light. Now I can tell its a tabling kind, Nd has beautiful growth. I do have to warn though, my SPS love it, but my LPS is mutating colors. almost as if too much for them. I had to dim it down to minimum after seeing a plate coral get injured/burn. by UV. my Clams absolutely love the UV! can't get enough of it. Their colors have also gotten more rich. I am running a Radion Gen 1, with red and green built in. I run my light at a 14k and dims down to a 20K by end of day.

[350gt]

^^ exactly what I mean...

stunners are .5 watt if that......imagine 3 watt uv LEDs cranked up as high as the blues. I might be wrong but why chance it?..... You could always add a stunner with uv later if you feel the need...

[polarbear]

thats true. Im going to ask if they can add the UV on its own dimmer, Hopefully they can