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    Posted: September 23 2007 at 11:05am
I finally got my 90 up yesterday and wired up my vho, I plugged them in ( I think the rest of the neighborhoods lights when dim for a sec :)) they look really purple! i have one super actinic and then the actinic white. Is it just me light combination that makes it look so purple?
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there may be  a "burn in" on the lights before they settle down on the color.
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oh okay... ha ha that may be good my whole front room is purple! thanks!!!
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My tank does not look purple however you can definitely see a purple glow when outside in the dark.  Easy to give directions to the house at night.
 
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I bet my neighbors wonder why I would want blue lights on a fish tank.Big%20smile
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I agree with Scott. Frequently the light in the tank doesn't look purple but depending on the wall color the walls near the tank can look purplish.
 
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it has been a week or two and it still looks pretty purple, even in the tank. I wonder is this because of my light combination? One Actinic White the other super Actinic. VHO would using the aqua sun instead of actinic white be better. I am not a big fan of how purple it is
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I only run actinic white with super actinic. Aqua sun is very pink. What other lights are on your 90? The reason I ask is non of my tanks look "purple" in the tank. Sometimes we've been called the alien house from out ward hues but not in the tank.
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it is just those two on it. wierd... maybe it just looks really purple because it sits across from my 20 gal that has the 50/50 PC wich look more blue. dion maybe I should come up and look at your to see if they look similar.
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Anytime.
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