Lighting on a reef-tank

[Hookup]

Here are some very recent artciles that I think are worth reading.


A Different Look at Lighting: Effects of Prolonged Photoperiod, Spectral Quality, and Light Dosage

How to Make Corals Colorful, Part One: New Information, With Particular Attention to Blue-Green Fluorescent Pigments

How to Make Corals More Colorful, Part Two: New Information! Green Fluorescent Pigments, Pigment Clades, and Photoconversion from Green to Orange/Red

How to Make Corals More Colorful Part 3 - New Information: Red Fluorescent Pigments: DsRed-type

[salvini55]

I wish i wasnt so tired!! 

[JD]

Lots of great reading.

[Snider82]

awsome hookup,  thats what i'v been looking into at the moment.  been looking for soem good read's.

thanks!

[Hookup]

I wish i wasnt so tired!! 

Try reading that 3 part article then see how frigg'n tired you are.. omg its longggggg wiiiinnnndddeeeedddddd... 

[Vincenzo.]

lighting is my downfall. so many factors. SO many Opinions.

[Hookup]

lighting is my downfall. so many factors. SO many Opinions.

You are not alone.  There simply is not enough information about what corals need for lighting to make any concrete statements about color or growth.  And, unfortunately or fortunately, the hobby is going through a transition away from 10k bulbs to high spectrums.  This has lead to a host of end-results from various people within the hobby world which further complicates the overall issue.

Sufices to say, we are very much in an age of "try it, see what happens, try something else, see if it's better, change again... ".  Of course, the major issue is that in general our systems are not static, therefore the other variables such as water quality, avaiable nutrients/food, etc, etc come into play during the trial-and-experiementation with lighting making most results suspect at best.

[Vincenzo.]

we know so little of this hobby.