Red LEDs may have not joined the ranks of regular use like blue and white LEDs but that hasn’t stopped Sunbrite LED from bringing out a second crimson. In addition to their previous shade of red with a peak of 640nm, Sunbrite is here at RAP showing off their new “Far Red” LEDs with an emission peak of 680nm. You might think that a red is jsut a red but the color difference between the 640 red and the 680 far red is easily discernible to the naked eye. The Far Red LED from Sunbrite excites a different part of the photosynthetically active spectrum but it won’t excite your wallet any more than previous LED colors. The 15 Far Red LED watt spots will be $119 and the striplight t00b form factors for the same basic price as [previous Sunbrite lights.
Far Red LEDs from Sunbrite peak at 680nm
Jake Adams
Jake Adams has been an avid marine aquarist since the mid 90s and has worked in the retail side of the marine aquarium trade for more than ten years. He has a bachelor’s degree in Marine Science and has been the managing editor of ReefBuilders.com since 2008. Jake is interested in every facet of the marine aquarium hobby from the concepts to the technology, rare fish to exotic corals, and his interests are well documented through a very prolific career of speaking to reef clubs and marine aquarium events, and writing articles for aquarium publications across the globe. His primary interest is in corals which Jake pursues in the aquarium hobby as well as diving the coral reefs of the world.
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