Over my head!

oops

 

how deep is your tank. Mine is 18" and I removed the optics for better light distribution.
My colors are similiar. Im using royal blue, cool white, neutral white, red, True violet 420nm, and turquise at 490nm.
From what i noticed, the turquoise/green can be very overpowering so id recomned only adding like 2 of those colors to help pop. After adding UV to my setup all i can say is add lots of violet leds. The violet and reds i find help bring out the most purples and reds and oranges.

 

^^ I TOTALLY COMPLETELY agree!! The reason why the green/turquoise looks over powering is human eyes are programed that way And the UV is completely opposite: barely visible at all to human eyes.

it doesnt matter which positive or negative you use.

 

Ok, so I have 40 65 degree lenses and 6 85. Any thoughts?

I am so hooked right now. I feel like I am getting the hang of it. I want to buy some more colors/Cool whites =-)

 

Try to use 85 (or 80?) deg on green and blues so they can have better coverage than penetration.

 

Here is the final layout


CW RB NW RB CW UV RB CW NW RB CW UV RB CW

BLUE BLUE GR BLUE BLUE GR BLUE BLUE

CW RB UV RB CW UV CW RB UV RB CW NW RB CW

The text isn't spacing properly but you get the idea

 

ok, the UV's seem to come with a different lens already

 

Fire it up!!

 

I don't have the drivers attached or anything. Where did you put your drivers? so I am assuming the lights hook into the drivers and they will then go on, but I have to have the typhoon or another dimmer to adjust them, correct?

 

Oh before you do anything, Mike included the LED light tester for two AA battery, correct?
Test each one of them to see if they light up.