Hi everyone,
After searching the internet for an explanation of this odd thing, I've decided it must not be especially wide-spread or else I have failed to find the right search terms - hoping someone here can provide some useful insight!
I have one colony of yellow neocaridina shrimp that have multiplied (obviously) enough that I have established populations in three aquariums. In the aquarium lit by a Chihiros WRGB II the shrimp appear decidedly orange (plants, fish, snails, and amanos are all uneffected).
Other lights that I've got running or previously used include: ONF flat nano, generic LED shop lights, and a Lominie LED (gooseneck/point-source style), and coralife t-5 6500K. Under all of these lights the shrimp are pure yellow.
The WRGB is very adjustable so I have tried many combinations of light color to try to find a combination that allows the shrimp to appear in their correct color, but they are orange under this light no matter what I try.
I'm not hopeful that there is a trick to get them to appear yellow with the Chihiros, but I would like help understanding why this is happening . . . and perhaps what specification/s in the light create this color rendition oddity so that I might avoid purchasing another expensive light in the future that has the same undesirable effect.
Thanks for reading and thanks for any ideas you can share!
-Kyle
After searching the internet for an explanation of this odd thing, I've decided it must not be especially wide-spread or else I have failed to find the right search terms - hoping someone here can provide some useful insight!
I have one colony of yellow neocaridina shrimp that have multiplied (obviously) enough that I have established populations in three aquariums. In the aquarium lit by a Chihiros WRGB II the shrimp appear decidedly orange (plants, fish, snails, and amanos are all uneffected).
Other lights that I've got running or previously used include: ONF flat nano, generic LED shop lights, and a Lominie LED (gooseneck/point-source style), and coralife t-5 6500K. Under all of these lights the shrimp are pure yellow.
The WRGB is very adjustable so I have tried many combinations of light color to try to find a combination that allows the shrimp to appear in their correct color, but they are orange under this light no matter what I try.
I'm not hopeful that there is a trick to get them to appear yellow with the Chihiros, but I would like help understanding why this is happening . . . and perhaps what specification/s in the light create this color rendition oddity so that I might avoid purchasing another expensive light in the future that has the same undesirable effect.
Thanks for reading and thanks for any ideas you can share!
-Kyle