Powerglo or aqua glo to bring out mono's colors.

[conig]

Which would be better to showcase a juvenile monos colors. He is showing orange red on his fins and his whole body is yellowish in color. I use a dual 48inch t8 fixture and will use one 6500k and a powerglow or aquaglo to accent.

The peacock bass is the only fish in the tank with color and nothing in the tank has a blue color. I have read the aquaglo is good for color but isn't very bright, this may not be an issue for me since everything else in the tank is nocturnal or subdued lighting.

Anyway I would like to order tonight and am leaning aquaglo unless somebody has stronger opinions. I used a colormax before with good results.

 

[jcardona1]

Cichla look better with lighting that's closer to that of natural sunlight, like 6-10,000k. It makes sense that you'd want warmer lighting for bring out their colors since they are primarily yellow/green/red, not blues and purples like other cichlids. Powerglo/Aquaglo put off a very purple/pink light, which IMO, doesn't do much for cichla colors. If you want some really nice light, check out Giesseman bulb. Their AquaFlora bulb looks pink, but gives the tank a beautiful natural, warmer look. Here's the Giesseman AquaFlora and Midday bulbs on my planted tank

 

[Houdini89]

50/50 light makes there colors pop.....

 

[smitty03281964]

The lighting really does that tank and fish some justice.

 

[Jc1119]

The powerglo is a bit higher output and leans more pink than red, The aquaglo color is great but output isnt enough for most applications IMO.

 

[BushFishRox]

I have powerglo mixed with coolermax, and my guy pops, and he has blue in him to.

 

[johno27]

LED's

I agree with the higher K rating for sure. The double brights are 6,000k and they look great

 

[conig]

I'm pushing dual 6500k bulbs on my tank now, so is it already good?

he does look good as is, and he does look natural I just wanted to make his colors pop some more. I've used colormax bulbs before in T5 it was ok, but not a huge improvement, how do aquaglo and powerglow compare to that bulb.?

 

[conig]

here he is in 6500k.

 

[C L O W N K N I F E]

Cichla look better with lighting that's closer to that of natural sunlight, like 6-10,000k. It makes sense that you'd want warmer lighting for bring out their colors since they are primarily yellow/green/red, not blues and purples like other cichlids. Powerglo/Aquaglo put off a very purple/pink light, which IMO, doesn't do much for cichla colors. If you want some really nice light, check out Giesseman bulb. Their AquaFlora bulb looks pink, but gives the tank a beautiful natural, warmer look. Here's the Giesseman AquaFlora and Midday bulbs on my planted tank

Amazing tank...those plants are really awesome!