Reddit reviews ABI 12W Tuna Blue LED Bulb Coral Reef Optimized Spectrum PAR38
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Designed for corals, the ABI Tuna Blue Reef Bulb combines eleven different types of LED chip to produce a spectrum that more closely mimics the natural reef environment.Grow healthy corals that pop in a beautiful tuna blue environment. The light alone appears as a bright saturated blue-cyan. The broad spectrum accentuates fluorescence, reveals contrast, and improves coloration of corals.50,000+ hour service life, 3-year manufacturer's warranty, assembled in the USA15 bright high efficiency LED chips use only 12W of energy and emits minimal heat. Fits a standard household E26 socket. 100-240V AC input.LEDs: 1x 395-400nm, 1x 410-420nm, 2x 420-430nm, 1x 430-440nm, 2x 440-450nm, 2x 450-460nm, 2x 460-470nm, 1x 470-475nm, 1x 490-495nm, 1x 6500K, 1x cyan (phosphor based)
I bought one of these 12watt full spectrum bulbs from Amazon for $25
I'm currently housing a bunch of softies and a few LPS all doing really well. The color is very blue though..
Nuisance algae, seriously. The same as with sun light.
For corals, you will need 10,000-20,000K white, and 430 and 460 nm actinic.
Like this, only 20W, will work for tanks under 6 gal/24 L. It has to be replaced every 6 months, becoming costly.
LED, this or this doesn't need replacement, but it's hot and intense, hang it around 14"/35 cm above water level.
Corals will need water flow, at my knowledge, the nature of a beast.
HD kind of lights, bottom light for corals: 25W daylight CFL. Corals will have not optimal colors, as in clean, balanced, well lit environment with a flow, but they do grow (I did that with flow and feeding).
Full tank shot here https://www.reddit.com/r/Jarrariums/comments/72vqfj/a_new_picture_of_my_25g_reef_jar/?st=jde87y7d&sh=2b82e2e7
Although that picture's kinda old, have a bit more stocked in there now. I should upload some more of the tank as it currently is.
Full stock list: 3 sexy shrimp(2 females and a male, with the two females releasing eggs every 2 weeks), a pom pom crab, a red bumpy crab that I don't know the species of local to San Diego tide pools. Corals: LPS(Trumpet and frogspawn, used to have a hammer but it got killed by a newly introduced chalice corals sweepers in the night, need to be very careful with frag placement with a tank as small as this). SPS(Pocillopora, potato chip coral, green one I forgot the name of), various gorgonian species, Leathers(toadstool and kenya tree), green star polyps, and last but not least the various colors of mushrooms I have meandering and multiplying on the bottom of the tank, probably forgot a few. I also recently got a maxi-mini carpet anemone for my sexy shrimp since that's what they host on in the wild but they don't seem to like it any more than the corals, lol.
Lighting is this https://www.amazon.com/ABI-Coral-Optimized-Spectrum-PAR38/dp/B01LWP37SD
I have a little piece of tape on the tank to mark the water level, and I top of to that point with RO/DI to compensate for evaporation, usually every few days I'll top it off.
Been stable for over a year now I'd say, with a few of my corals showing rapid growth(they apparently really like bloodworms) in the past few weeks.
In regards to dinner, sorry bud I got a girlfriend already :p
And again, no sump ;)
Also, my sexy shrimp literally gave birth again tonight but I actually got to see the female release them. I thought it was a gradual thing where she released one baby than another, but it turns out she actually swims into the water column then releases all hundreds at once! Looked like a firework, really cool to see. I want to try and capture it on video at some point.