Has anyone used a black light led strip as a supplemental light for extra pop?
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Black light for supplemental lighting for "pop"
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Like this one looks promising on paper, but I never use it so I am not endorsing it.
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Funny that's exactly the one I was looking at or two of the single row ones that are 42W
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I thought I bought a single strip to test but Amazon didn't have it in my orders. Woke up and they were on sale so I bought 2 single strips and I can test the wattage with my ReefKeeper setup and update you.
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I bought two of the single 42W lights and I held them up last night when the main light was dimming down and I wasn't a fan of the look at that point. I'll have to try when the lights are at full power and see but leaning towards returning them but they do have enough power to make a difference in the look.
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Basically the greens pop when it's just the black lights and the rest are just blah.
I bought this a while back but I've yet to install it. As interested in how it affects coral health/growth as how it changes their colors.
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I put the black lights on with main lights on at their normal strength and the blacklights still muted out the tank and made it look like I turned down the contrast or saturation on a photograph so they'll be sent back...
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That is disappointing.
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Yes it is. It was definitely powerfully enough to make a difference it was just a bad difference. It took me a while to figure out best way to describe it but the contrast/saturation analogy is dead on just in a negative way...
