Coral metabolism vs. light par

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Originally Posted by Canadian

Steve, I know you're partially jesting with the comments on T5s but thought I would post a link to some pics of corals grown under T5s but photographed (at the end of the document) out of the water and no longer under T5s to show that the color is "true" to some extent especially as it relates to purple pigments:

http://archiv.korallenriff.de/Lichttest/T5-1.pdf

yes I was jesting a lot.. I did forget to mention you can get true color out of any lighting also but it is not as common under lower intensity lights like VHO, PC, T5, ect.. this is where the being extremely picky and selective with your corals comes in.

I do have one problem with that link you posted.. it is a fauna marine add. they didn't show out of tank photos before the test only after, so we have no idea on the quality of the corals before the test so I can not look at that pdf and consider the whole thing valid. plus if thee is one thing I have learned in the last 8 years is to take any advertisment with a grain of salt.. do they want to sell there products... you bet so if they can make there product look a bit better will they... you bet.. now I have nothing against Fauna marine personaly (thought I better make that clear) I am going to be buying there proflux, and I wish they would staert putting out some nice colored MH bulbs.. like maybe a true 12000K color temp 250 watt SE

Steve