red lighting

[hookedonreefs]

I'm thinking of adding a Hi-Lites lighting system for night lighting. They are LEDs which can have up to five seperate lights on one controller box. Anywho, I'll be putting 2 blue modules to replicate moonlighting, the other three I'd like to make red for night viewing. My question is - how true is the thought that fish can't see the red spectrum, and how with corals react to the red spectrum? I'd assume anything that proforms a sort of photosynthesis would be affected but the red spectrum. What's everone's thoughts?
Thanks.

 

[hookedonreefs]

look, it's my first ever --bump--

 

[fishkiller]

I do know that as far as land plants go, they use all spectrums but the green. I'm not sure what spectrum the corals use or don't use. I have no idea about what spectrum the fish can or can't see, but I would think that corals would use light in the red spectrum. If I am wrong, someone please tell me..

 

[reefnut]

I use the Hi-Lights 2- blue & 2-green in the 55g reef. The light produced from them is enough in mine to view the night life. I use a red spotlight when I need to see better and as stated above, the fish react but the inverts do not. The LEDs of the Hi-Lights are actually a pretty bright beam. I ended up placing mine above the water line, pointing them upward toward the main lighting reflectors. The reflectors even out the beams of light, reflecting it back making it look much more natural.