So Disappointing! Coral color under my lights vs the dealer

[tarpons]

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 Just kinda a murky red/brown color. Yuck! I guess I'll go ahead and order metal halides now.

Candy

 

[Anonymous]

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]

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]

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.

 

[Anonymous]

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]

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