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Originally Posted by BC-Axeman
Nice tank Scott. I got my book out but haven't figured out any you don't know. The Goni is definitely a Goni.
A note on the light issue:
The article made importance of the PAR and PUR values. Admittedly based on agricultural research. These values are tuned to chlorophyll. The zooxanthellae in coral don't use chlorophyll. Red wavelengths can't penetrate water to any significant depth, so these ranges are less important to reefkeeping. They are a large part of the PAR and PUR values though. I would want to read up on real life experience from various reefkeepers to correlate a better opinion on this. Also, it would be nice to see the spectrum sensitivity of zooxanthellae.
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I noticed in there that the whole yellow and green (?) spectrums were also missing from LED. More artificial flavor, ya know?
There is some insight there on where the problems lie and how they're working on getting them ironed out. Controllers and new tech are expected.
While it helped to make up my mind to stay away for now, at least I know they're headed in the right direction. I like crazy bright light on my corals so I can see and enjoy them. I want the light to keep them healthy.
All that other stuff, I don't care, ya know? That's my consumer perspective.
I love my t5's just like you love your mh's. I'm not gonna settle for less than what I already like. What I'd really like to see is light that's brighter to MY eye, and better for the corals. That's not at all where LED's are right now.
On a good note, all my frozen fish food came today. Good thing, too. I found out the freezer wasn't closed all the way.
Foster and smith sent that stuff overnight in a styrofoam box with 13 freezer packs. My shipping cost was zero, and I paid less for the food than I do at my LFS.
I love that place more and more every time I shop there.
Oh, I ordered a D-D Refractometer while I couldn't sleep last night, too. It's supposed to be the best and you calibrate with RO water. I'm excited to see how close to 1.026 I really am.
