I got the Blues for Blues

[tosiek]

But this is pretty much what the masses want and that is why we are seeing it so wide spread. Any retail place spends money to make money, they won't spend it if there is no profit in that area in some way or another. So, its not really the retail at fault when it comes to coral presentation and high actinic use. Its the buyers fault and new people in the hobby that appeal to actinic presentation of those corals. Photochopping pictures to misrepresent coral are a different thing all together.

In the same light, LE designer corals came from somewhere and it wasn't from the retail or wholesale end. It was in the tanks of Joe Schmo with his basement frag tank looking to flip coral to make a quick buck off his tank. Get alot of Joe Schmo's all over the country in every reef club and a trend arises. Same with the heavy actinic use.

Things are changing in the hobby and quickly. Im still waiting for someone to advertise with hot models holding the coral or fish equipment for their sales =0) Its going to happen sooner than later.

 

[lfsmarineguy]

The blue LED effect is definitely cool under the right LEDs (because lets not kid ourselves, not all LEDs are equal at all and some are just garbage). I don't think anyone is arguing that point. I guess the basic sentiment here is that it's questionable when vendors use it because it could be considered misrepresentation?

I would love to see some kind of study using frags of a few different species placed in two tanks, but part of the same system so water params are no longer a factor and see whether or not the ultra blue look, that is so popular now, is in fact detrimental and to what extent if it is.

 

[Aqua Pro Builder]

What I think is funny about reefing events is that 4 or 5 years ago people were bringing the bluest LED flashlights or keylights to see the 'real' colors of the corals. Now, with all the vendors running so much blue, people have to bring white flashlights to the events to see the 'real' colors. Personally, I don't think the idea of real or natural colors makes much sense, just the colors under the light that happens to be on the corals at the time, and that is personal preference (my preference is to have several light 'colors' over the day). Is 10,000k really natural? Is 6500k? 14000k? None and all of them are depending on the time of day and depth on the wild reefs and even then most photos and video are shot with strobes or lights which changes the color yet again! Which gets me back to personal preference.

I have been trying to tell everyone the same.

 

[lfsmarineguy]

T, wants hot models to hold his equipment... When that day comes, every reef magazine is going to look exactly like any car enthusiast magazine lol.

 

[Chraddam]

. Im still waiting for someone to advertise with hot models holding the coral or fish equipment for their sales =0) Its going to happen sooner than later.

Wait, that was MY idea!!!