Best Lighting For colorful Fish

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Piranha
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I have a 90 with dual 4' 6500k but the colors dont look as well as they should. Whats a better light spectrum to really make colors pop?
 
i recommend going higher up the K range. i really love 18,000k lights. its brings out the reds and blues of all fish
 
Hagen's Power Glo lights works great for this. Here's some of my fish with one 4ft T5HO Power Glo bulb

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they look NIIIIIICE!

So go higher? These are just T8s but they get the job done just fine as far as output.
 
yeah T8's are fine, just go higher up the K scale. no need to get T5's or anything super bright. the 18,000k power glo's give off a nice pinkish/blue hue.
 
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