Mixing Blurple and WW Light

It is my intention, down the road. I'm going to have to pull this one down and repay one of my investors before doing that though. I haven't yet decided which route to go with the UVA. I was under the impression that it's really difficult to come by UV LED for a decent price (They're really only used in medical/dental applications, right?) The only other option is a low % reptile light, unless things have come to market that I've yet to research.

PurpleBuz said:

possibly supplement UVA ranges 400-420

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HockeyBeard said:

It is my intention, down the road. I'm going to have to pull this one down and repay one of my investors before doing that though. I haven't yet decided which route to go with the UVA. I was under the impression that it's really difficult to come by UV LED for a decent price (They're really only used in medical/dental applications, right?) The only other option is a low % reptile light, unless things have come to market that I've yet to research.

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actually for actinic ranges pricing is not bad, for shorter ranges (375nm and lower) yes a bit pricey.

most of the sites selling leds for aquarists have violet UVA leds since corals and clams really like blue ranges in 400-450nm, makes the colors pop, and the symbiotic algae grow well with the blues.

e.g. http://www.rapidled.com/total-spectrum-violet-uv-led/

HockeyBeard said:

It is my intention, down the road. I'm going to have to pull this one down and repay one of my investors before doing that though. I haven't yet decided which route to go with the UVA. I was under the impression that it's really difficult to come by UV LED for a decent price (They're really only used in medical/dental applications, right?) The only other option is a low % reptile light, unless things have come to market that I've yet to research.

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You should get a big boost in yield by going from 23 to 35 w/sq ft. The 23 was barely enough.

BobCajun said:

You should get a big boost in yield by going from 23 to 35 w/sq ft. The 23 was barely enough.

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I felt the same way, to be honest. CO2 + the extra ~280W of 3000K should give me a nice little boost. Eventually, I'm going to phase out my mover and have a stationary COB fixture, and move it over to a veg area.

HockeyBeard said:

I felt the same way, to be honest. CO2 + the extra ~280W of 3000K should give me a nice little boost. Eventually, I'm going to phase out my mover and have a stationary COB fixture, and move it over to a veg area.

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Bonjour
How you gonna get the 80w of 3000ºk
200w...ok...but the rest???
CU

littlejacob said:

Bonjour
How you gonna get the 80w of 3000ºk
200w...ok...but the rest???
CU

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Each one of my bars is approx 140W 35W x 4 per bar x 2 Bars

They like it. Day 3 of Week 4. 1 Week 12/12, next week 13/11, now 14/10 with 730nm Flower initiator.

BM9AGS said:

Yeah the plants are stupid sticky. Smell of 3 plants dominates the whole house. I had two midget bud plants so this yeild is a joke.

But I agree, where as with hid it bakes off all the oil by my guessing. I've never seen such shiny oily leaves in my life.

I attribute it to the temps and lack of uv light. May be totally wrong but it's my guess

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Yep!

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They like it. Day 3 of Week 4. 1 Week 12/12, next week 13/11, now 14/10 with 730nm Flower initiator.

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Bonjour could you remind me what kind of 730nm do you use...is it diode or cob...I guess it is 1w per sq/ft...and during 10mn after light off...it allow you to run 14/10 and to stay in normal bloom time which increase weight! Right?
Have a nice day!