The Blue Lagoon...

[greggnyce]

I guess if a there were a energy effecient equivalent to LED lighting we could have a fair comparsion. Because, not everyone chooses LED for the colors. I choose them to cut my lighting cost in half. However, retailers that use atinics only, get annoying. I like to see corals under natural lighting. I can see them under atinics at home for the first and last hour my tank is lit.

 

[hal]

Fundamentals of Fluorescent Tubes

I found this info which supports the argument for lighting in the blue spectrum. As a beginner trying to make some sense of this it was very helpfull.

http://saltaquarium.about.com/od/lightslightingsetups/ss/sslightingfundamentals.htm

 

[motortrendz]

how come noone is talking abt the new plasma lighting???

 

[nycmat]

i love my blues. but have not gone with the led lights. those are my moon lights. but i still run my 250's

 

[reefs4life]

how come noone is talking abt the new plasma lighting???

Yeah these things are pretty cool, I'd definitely look into buying 3 for my 210 if they were out. I like the fact that they're so small and that they give off the same spectrum as the sun, the light doesn't look yellow, at least not when they put it on the wall in this video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTGsM9pplUs&feature=player_embedded

 

[prattreef]

At full power it is VERY yellow/green--totally unusable for a reef aesthetically. When you dim it it becomes bluer, but why pay for a light you can't use at full power?

Currently, these are great alternatives for large FW planted tanks. Reefs not yet.

 

[reefs4life]

At full power it is VERY yellow/green--totally unusable for a reef aesthetically. When you dim it it becomes bluer, but why pay for a light you can't use at full power?

Currently, these are great alternatives for large FW planted tanks. Reefs not yet.

Hmm ok, looked nice in the video but haven't seen it in person so I wouldn't know. Isn't that always the case, especially when buying frags, look nice online and completely different at home. Maybe in a couple months they'll find a way to make them usable for reefs, they seeem like a good alternative in the energy perspective of it. I guess for now they can just use them to make new street lights and save some energy there, maybe taxes will go down a little no hopes there though lol

 

[ryangrieder]

incandescent... fluorescent...VHO's...T-5...T5HO...Metal Halide...Power Compacts... LEDs...Plasma... :scratchch

thats it! Tomorrow im cutting a hole in my ceiling and letting good old fasion Mr. Sun do the job! ill put some glass on the hole in the ceiling and tint it blue and ill be good to go! :lol2:

 

[UnknownWaters]

Maybe we are onto something after all:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100423/ap_on_he_me/us_med_psychedelic_therapy

Randy my man always on the up and up so im guessing the next party will be at your place and your gonna have THE BIG WHITE PILLS? and I bet your tank will look so awesome even with the lights out lol im excited and cant wait to trip with all you reefer (oh wait wrong drug) I meant reefers lol

 

[Reef Greek]

LMAO,
But seriously there is a company that makes round skylights which generate an incredible amount of light. They're about 10" round and the first time I was in a room with one I went to shut the lights only to find out it was the skylight and not the electric co. 2 of these over a 4-6' tank could generate a serious amount of full spectrum light with none of the added heat usually associated with direct sunlight while giving the tank that shimmer effect.

 

[18oreefer]

Some info on Plasma:


http://glassbox-design.com/2009/eco-friendly-plasma-lighting-technology-reaches-aquariums/

http://glassbox-design.com/2009/aqua-illumination-luxim-plasma-light-emitter-impresses-with-spread/

http://www.straylightoptical.com/slot/home.jsf