Tigs Posted June 7, 2013 Report Share Posted June 7, 2013 Hi there, so I finally received my shipment of show guppies Under the standard flourescent lights I have on they don't show very nicely The red snakeskins look wicked enough, but the greens and blues are pretty washed out. The yellows come through nicely. My question: is there a specific T8 lamp that folks would recommend to show their colours better? thanks in advance. PS, under flash photography the blues & green show up well enough. Antonio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jvision Posted June 7, 2013 Report Share Posted June 7, 2013 For blues and greens, aim for a bit higher color temp - say 10,000K. A mix of 10,000K and 6500-7500K would be my first shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigs Posted June 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2013 kk will go bulb shopping soon, or might try a small T5 I have kicking around see what it has in it. btw they do look pretty darn good Jason. I ended up getting the following. Greens 1/2 black sky blues 1/2 black blues purple snakeskins russian red snakeskins blue grass and 1/2 black yellows cheers, Antonio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigs Posted June 7, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2013 Think you hit the nail on the head Jason. I tried an older T5 2 footer out, has a 10K and 6K or some such in it. That did wonders for showing their colours. I then tried a regular flourescent but 'full spectrum" not sure the temp on that. It also showed their colours off better but not nearly as well as the T5 lamps. Looks like I get to go lamp shopping cheers, Antonio Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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