reeftnk101
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I am researching LED lighting and coral growth. I am building a diy light with 100 LED's. I will have 1 row of 33 10k bright white LED's, 1 row of 33 white and blue LED's and 1 row of 33 blue lights. The LED's arent measured in watts but they are measured in mcd's. For example a regular LED bulb is 8,000 mcd's, these bulbs are 65,000 mcd's each. The white bulbs I am using will be 10k and the blue bulbs are 450 - 475nm. According to the research LED's have a far better par rating and better penetration than metal halides. I know the Solaris has shown below standard coral growth. What I am thinking is they might have 5500k or 6500k bulbs, that is why I am going with 10k and 450 - 475nm's. My question is has anyone had any expierience with LED aquarium lighting?
Matt
Matt