How blue is 460nm?

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  1. Flaring Afro

    Flaring Afro Purple Spiny Lobster

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    I am looking to order a light kit for the canopy I built for my 29g, FOWLR (I wouldn't add any coral to this tank. If I got into it I'd have a 75+ by then).
    Both are by current usa but one (the cheaper one) comes with a 460nm bulb and the other comes with a 10k/460nm hybrid bulb. I am looking for light with a slight hint of blue, but I don't want it to look like I have a blue bulb in and I haven't been able to find anyone who has only 460nm in their tank to see how blue it is. Which should I get?
     
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  2. blackraven1425

    blackraven1425 Giant Squid

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    460nm is the "Actinic Blue" type bulb. It'll be pure blue if you don't have a 10k with it.
     
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  3. sostoudt

    sostoudt Giant Squid

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    pretty blue, one step below black light.
     
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  4. Flaring Afro

    Flaring Afro Purple Spiny Lobster

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    Alright don't want that then. Wasn't sure if the scale in the sticky was more how the bulb looked over output like how car headlights can look more blue than the light by give.
     
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