Light colours

[Stryker]

Hi there,

For those of us with inherrited lights with no markings on is it possible to give a best guess to a lights sutability for live plants by the tinge to its colour?

I have a flourescent light that has a slight purple/blue tinge to its light. I also have other lights that just seem more white really.

Now the first light is not a moonlight, I know this as I have one of those too

I suspect the one with the purple/blue tinge to its colour is the plant light yes?

 

[tsr770]

if it has a noticeable blue color to it, it is probably a coralife bulb that is 50%10,000k and 50% blue atinic I have one on my 10 gallon, the plants seem to grow, and the platys are very flourescent orange looking from the blue tint

 

[Stryker]

ahha! thanks for the info.

Yes it seems thats what I have. Nice observation with the platys they do look very vibrant when I have that light on.