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Unread 04/16/2018, 12:35 PM   #6667
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Originally Posted by MccReefer View Post
That was my main reason for wanting to run the 6500k. I’d like to bring out all the pigment (plus growth) in the coral for viewing under blues. Would the Ati Coral + produce the same results as the 6500k bulbs?



I’ll probably cut down on the reefbrites.


Similar. But not exact. If you look at the spectral plots between the coral+ and say the giesemann tropic, they appear to use similar phosphors as they have similar high peaks, the 6500k just has more. It is more evenly distributed among the green red and blue, rather than being heavily blue weighted with a touch of the rest. I actually don’t MIND how the 6500k looks. It looks very natural like shallow water. A 2:4 mix of 6500k and blue+ will look nearly identical to water at a 10-15 foot depth (what id consider very shallow). It’s white and bright. And what blue you do see is more likely a reflection of the blue sky itself than actual attenuation of light color


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