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Modding the Chihiros A series to include RGB LED

btw red renders quite well with this light. I haven't seen any great red growth but I think that's down to absolute light levels which are low in this tank. Most of the plants are slow growers.....

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zozo said:
Never tried.. But did read some reports about lenses causing a light prism effect inside the aquarium. Forgot the lens angle that was used in this case.
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Will report back in the next 3 months. I am busy with other things currently....
 
I never bothered with the lenses for this light. It's still going strong. 2 diodes have crapped out but rest are fine. I use it at 4/7 intensity as my tank is mainly low light plants.
 
I modded both to light up all three diodes. I find this gives a slightly blueish hue which I prefer. I still think there is too much yellow overall. Some of it's my tank water that gets tinted towards water change day.
 
rebel said:
btw red renders quite well with this light. I haven't seen any great red growth but I think that's down to absolute light levels which are low in this tank. Most of the plants are slow growers.....

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Loving the colour rendition you are getting with this light. Much nicer than the over yellow effect from my Fluval Plant 3.0.
 
Nick72 said:
Much nicer than the over yellow effect from my Fluval Plant 3.0.
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I think so but I can't confirm. Remember that my photo may look different to real life although I edited it to look like what I see in real life. To my eyes this looks to be 6000K overall including the yellow tint presumably from the water.

It is definitely less yellow than Fluval plant 2, which I have used. That one is SOOO yellow although reds are nicer with it. I think the CRI mght be higher but the overall color temp is towards 4000K or so.
 
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