LED selection to Illuminate my fishtank...

kramer5150 said:

First off... Mods I have no clue where to post this. I am sorry if this is off topic, can you please move or relocate to the right forum?

I am trying to illuminate my 20 Gallon fishtank with 2x reflector-less XR-E emitters. Each XRE would only be driven with about ~650 mah. I want to keep the drive currents low to reduce operating temperatures.

The question I have for the flashlight community is what is the best color tint to illuminate details in plants, rock and fish under water? Is a WC color tint too "pale white"?... do I need something more yellow/amber in tint?

I know many of you are avid divers and hopefully can help me out... or maybe some of you are also into fish tanks and aquariums too. FWIW.... I want to pick LEDs that will accentuate color and texture resolution.

thanks!!

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Outdoors Fanatic said:

Is it a Reef Tank?

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kramer5150 said:

No, its a standard freshwater setup with a small orange-gold/white Koi and some lava rocks and small disney characters (for the kids). My cousin has a similar (larger setup) but his light hood has flourescent tubes, that... I speculate do a poor job at rendering texure and colors.

thanks!

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