Pink lighting for reds?

[Sinister-Kisses]

So when I bought my new little guy, Phenex, the breeder in Thailand happened to put up a post on his page about lighting and specifically used my guy in his example. He showed him with natural lighting vs. "pink" lighting. Photo of his post below.



Now, little dude is totally stunning as it is under no/natural lighting, and the light I have on his tank currently is a basic LED with namely white lights (it's got like a dozen white lights and 4 blue lights on it). Part of me is curious to know how I go about getting lighting that would make him look that crazy RED in the last photo from the breeder, but I can't seem to find any REAL information on what exactly "pink" lighting is.

I've never paid much attention to lighting, I don't have live plants so I use inexpensive LED lights that are adjustable, because I'm super fussy about the lighting on my tanks so I like that I can adjust the white and blue balance to my liking. Obviously I know there's a kelvin scale. But I'm not sure what light I'd buy to get that super red colour on my guy?

 

[wednesday13]

Alot of the newer led’s are RGB and adjustable. You should be able to make just about any color with an adjustable RGB led. Id wager ur breeder may be using tanning lights tho. They go inside the tank and are most often used to bring out reds in aros.

 

[troublesum]

Most likely What wednesday13 said most Asian breeders of FH and Aros use tanning light especially on red fish.
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[Sinister-Kisses]

Lol yeah thank you, but jesus! I've never even spent that much on an ENTIRE set up - even my 8ft tank. Thanks for the info

 

[Cal Amari]

There is a middle ground, or left of middle lol. I'm using a current usa model that is no longer available, and i think the current version has exceeded the fluval aquasky in price with no other differences that are important to me. My next light will probably be an aquasky for what it's worth, depending on tank size they run from $75 to $150 USD.

I like the active weather effects on mine, but they're unneccesary. What really matters to me is adjustable RGB to any color like has been mentioned, but also adjustable brightness. I also don't need the programmable options and smartphone control options but haven't found simple manual adjustable rgb and dimmable without all these other bells and whistles.

 

[jjohnwm]

I've only had one single LED light that was specifically marketed for aquarium use; bought it used at a fish club auction and like it just fine, although it has recently given up the ghost and needs replacement. I'm pretty sure I will be going with yet another LED shoplight fixture, operated by a simple timer.

The colour options may be appealing to some, but I just don't find them worthwhile for my tanks. I want plain ol' daylight-coloured lights, no artificial colour-enhancing stuff. Look at the red-enhancing pic shown by Sinister-Kisses ...the fish looks great, but everything in the tank has a weird unnatural look to it and the fish almost blends in. With daylight colour, the fish may not look quite so red, but it's terrific natural colour just jumps out in contrast to the substrate and decor.

 

[Sinister-Kisses]

The light on his tank right now is not adjustable at all, and has no red light in it - just white and blue. So I searched through Amazon for an INEXPENSIVE adjustable one that has red bulbs as well, just out of curiosity, to play with and see with my own eyes. No, I don't want the whole tank looking unnatural so it's probably just going to end up being the lighting he currently has, but if I can find one that's adjustable and makes reds pop a bit more without making everything weird looking, I'd be okay with that. The one I found is pretty customizable both for colour (white/blue/red/green) combos as well as having customizable brightness levels - also important to me, I've always been of the opinion that "less is more" for tank lighting. Fish don't like obnoxiously bright lights shining down on them and neither do I. So I'll play around with the new one when it shows up and see if I can find a happy medium that I like, based on all the criteria I'm looking for...and if not, his current lighting will do as he's still a gorgeous little guy under it.

 

[Something Fishy Here]

What light did you settle on?

 

[Sinister-Kisses]

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