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There are several species of mushrooms and all of those have different colors so the answer to your question is there are essentially a rainbow of colors. Some mushrooms are even multi colored themselves.
Phil it was great to see you again and thank you so much for taking pictures. I brought my camera but it did not make it out of the bag in my duties and coral buying.
I bought a little bit of everything which turned into a ton of corals. Had a blast as thank you to all who showed up either to help, as a vendor or as a attendee, it was a great day.
It is tough without a picture. I was going to ask what your stocking list was as sometimes things we might expect to be reef safe are not. For example shrimp and hermits and sometimes even clownfish can annoy a torch coral by trying to host it.
Generally speaking it seems that a 2:1 blue to white ratio will get you to about 14-16k which still might be a bit white for you. However, with the dimability of LEDs and the controllability, you can really create any color you want. If you run them at 100% though it will probably not be blue...
How long would you be running the tank with only the one ecotech? Is is going to be fish only until you get the other light or do you plan on bringing in corals? What type of corals?
If you can be patient, just wait until you can get the other ecotech and just run one for a while. Fish don't...
A lot of people (like the ones posting above) find that the 55g is too narrow to really have some fun in. It makes aquascaping hard when you don't have a lot of room front to back. If that is the tank that fits for you, or you want to setup then go for it. As far as filtration goes, get a...
I would like to thank Aquarium Care Center for donating:
Nano 8 from Nuvo Aquarium full setup
http://www.bulkreefsupply.com/nano-8-all-in-one-nuvo-aquarium-innovative-marine.html?gclid=CLjModClzrcCFQik4AodLEUAPQ