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tarpons

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Well, I bought a beautiful blue spotted mushroom from an on-line vendor (wysiwyg). Unfortunately, they don't look so beautiful under my 50/50 compact fluorescents :cry: Just kinda a murky red/brown color. Yuck! I guess I'll go ahead and order metal halides now.

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Anonymous

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WYSIWYG is kind of misleading since it depends a lot on the lighting condition. Did the dealer state what type of light is being used for the photo?
 

shavo

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hey what kind of lights do you have now? what is the wattage and color.
I have an orbit unit and they have different bulbs that I can put in to get the effects that I want.

what brand name lights? are they just regular flourescents for say like a freshwater set up?

also what wattage do you have?
 

trido

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shavo":c3bc94o2 said:
what is the wattage and color.
are they just regular flourescents for say like a freshwater set up?

also what wattage do you have?
The wattage doesnt really matter for color in this case. They are 50/50 Power Compact Florecents. Not Normal out put . I have some zoas that looke completely different under 50/50s compared to being under my MH/ VHO combo. I personally dont care for the blue that PCs give off. I dont think they bring out the colors that VHOs do.
Also, If you can afford MH. You wont regret buying them.
 
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Could be shipping stress. Give it some time to see what happens. I had some frags get dull on me and I only "shipped" then a mile.

The light could be an issue also.
 

shavo

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I am not even sure what my lights are, they are an orbit unit, regular orbit it has 4X96 watts 72" I can interchange bulbs and make different light configurations, the purple brings out the colors, 2 of the bulbs are split with purple and blue and the other two are white. my next set of bulbs are going to be purple and white. see how that goes
 

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