Recent content by dwatson

I think I answerd my own question. I called JBJ, maker of the nano cube. He stated the blue light is for plants or reefs. I stated that I thought it desaturated the color of my tank, he stated I could buy a daylight bulb, but the blue/white 50/50 is better to bring out color as standard white...

Most nano cubes come with a blue actinic bulb, which has a very high color temperature (~15,000K). It is designed primarily for saltwater reef tanks. If you are keeping live plants, you probably want a good 6500K "daylight" or full spectrum bulb. Otherwise, it doesn't really matter. The fish...

My 12g nano cube has three bulbs, two of them seem to be fused together, one being white, the other blue (50/50). I want to know if i can replace the blue light /white light as the blue desaturates the color of my aquarium and fish (casting a blue color cast). What is the best kelvin light to...

Well I am not exactly a beginner, but I far from an expert on fish. I currently have an eclipse system 5 and have upgraded to the nano cube. I choose the nano cube because I wanted a small footprint glass aquarium and was unhappy with how super easy it was to scratch the eclipse (which is a...