🚨 STOP CHASING BRIGHT LIGHTS ON YOUR TANK 🚨
It has been on my mind since someone said nonchalantly, "The spectrum does nothing, sets the light as you want." Like, what's the deal with the "full spectrum" light then?
Let's be honest:
If "brighter = better", then why are your corals still stressed and eventually dying?
Cranking up white channel? ❌
Maxing out favorite channels? ❌
Corals actually want:
1. Royal Blue spectrum for photosynthesis
2. Violet spectrum for color and fluorescence
3. Stable spectrum for low stress and high growth
Too much UV/UVA = Hidden stress, bleach in days, bailout in weeks
High Red/Green = Algae favorite
"You don't need the brightest tank, you need a tank where your corals thrive, not just survive."
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@LeedsReefer
22d
Should have realised this earlier, had a 40 head Pandora zoa colony, I changed my light and had it on full blast, zoas completely nuked themselves, shame, they were very nice
@Reine
22d
Sorry to hear that 😢 I went the same thing with a colony of torches too
@ChuzUThisDay
22d
IF, and that’s a mighty big little word, and only IF you need to increase your lighting intensity, do it in small (5-10%) increments over many weeks. Finding out where your corals are happy, then keeping your tank stable is the key.
@Reine
22d
Absolutely spot on, small intensity change will let them get comfortable with the lighting first without getting too stressed
@ShadyInlet26
22d
Love how those softies are glowing with that royal blue and violet lighting! It really shows that killer spectrum makes all the difference without blasting corals with too much white light.
@Alert_Meadow_71
22d
That color pop from royal blue tho! Glow is unreal
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I’m a new reefer and I had to learn the hard way. Everything you watch on YouTube repeats stability, I even have a reef mentor and he kept telling me to stop messing with the lights. I wouldn’t listen until I killed some of my favorite pieces.
I did the same on the wavemaker positioning too. Poor 2 colonies of torch died from my carelessness 🥲 But I made sure not to do the same mistakes onwards. Stability is the key 🔑