dull colors through front glass

[ecvernon]

i was wondering how come when i look at some of my coral through the front glass the colors are some times blahh. corals like purple death, some of my acans and clams.sps. even the brightest and best colors always seem a little more dull when i take a view from the front

but when i look through the top colors are amazing!!!! do i really need to get a starphire tank?

 

[Deanos]

The light is coming from the top, that's when they'll look their best.

 

[ecvernon]

low iron or starphire type glass helps?

 

[House of Laughter]

it helps. but bottom line - "refraction" (the change in direction of a propagating wave (light or sound) when passing from one medium to another ) sucks for lighting and color.

J

 

[Bob 1000]

I have the same problem.. But my front glass pain is almost 12 years old and really needs to be replaced.. It looks like calcium deposits but is most like likely year of scraping algae, roots from the glass with metal blades...

 

[tosiek]

House is right, its just the way the lights reflecting at you from that angle. If you ever see a cap your always going to get a highlight in color on the horizontal curves of the cap.

And starfire won't make that big of a difference. The clarity is more of a "if you have extra cash to spend then its worth it" than a "your coral will look ugly if you don't have starfire"


Sorry Jim, skimming during work.

 

[Deanos]

That's Jim :shhh:

 

[ecvernon]

glass

thanks for the response guys. guess ill have to live with this.:letitallo
pics was taken one after the other.
guess I haven't found the reason for the upgrade yet