RE: [APD] 10,000K lights -- or - tannin bomb, o tannin bomb

["william ruyle" <inquartata at comcast_net>]

Seweryn, you higher light guys rock! Are the blue rams on order yet? Be a
nice addition to the corys. If you get heavy-handed with the "tea" you're
throwing in the tank, maybe a couple of 20K-K's would do nicely. I'm
kidding:-)
Aren't I?

Bill

Inspired by this thread, I had a look at my lights, and one is 10,000K, the
other one is listed at 18,000K (Hagen Power-Glo). I've got a tannin-rich
tank, with some wood and fine browny gravel, and the combo of the lights
look great! Gives the plants a nice rich green colour, and there is no glare
from the substrate. Although besides corys, I have yet to put in any other
fish, so I can't say what the lights do for fish colours :-)

- Seweryn


>From: "william ruyle" <inquartata at comcast_net>
>Reply-To: aquatic plants digest <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
>To: "aquatic plants digest" <aquatic-plants at actwin_com>
>Subject: RE: [APD] 10,000K lights -- or - tannin bomb, o tannin bomb
>Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:26:59 -0700
>
>
>
>Great Scott you've got it! "Epiphany" is a wonderful thing.
>How about different color glass tops and fluorescents on the
>substrate? Naw, we've bruited and booted this thing enough.
>Have a fantastic day,
>
>Bill
>
>
>And this too:  "Black water" has an interesting affect on
>the appearance of the light.  High tanin doesn't just make
>the tank darker, it seems to absorb some colors of light
>more than others (big surprise, duh), attenuating the blue
>end more than the longer wavelengths.
>
>Scott H.
>--- william ruyle <inquartata at comcast_net> wrote:
> > My
> > point is substrate
> > color has a lot to do with the quality of the light, if
> > not its performance.
>
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