@drexel The thing is, id have to turn them towards the back to have the lights not spill out on the front. so id have to the light further front to have light turned towards the middle, with the kessil mounts I'm already pretty far out and the light sit in the middle....im typing and i just released what you mean, turn the light a few degrees towards the back to lose the initial glare. hmm, might work. thanks.
@BST310 i do have them, i used one of them on the kessil A360 to narrow the light in the sump so it didn't spill over to the other chambers but even if i didn't use them i probably wouldn't use them anyways. to my knowledge, fleeting at that, narrowing the beams would concentrate the light meaning id have to raise them higher to account for that and that would make the lights easier to see thus glare. possibilities of darker spots where the beams don't intersect, although that shouldn't be a problem with 3 on a 72x24x24 tank but the most important reason why i didn't was the fact that the narrower the light beam the less shimmer you get.
i was always willing to supplement kessils with T5's if it meant if i could have the shimmer. introduction of the a500 meant i could do away with the T5 and keep the shimmer full time.
like i mentioned previously, the wife hasn't said anything since then so im leaving it. i was looking into 3d printed umbrella cones for the lights that slip on kinda hides the source when we walk past or maybe a frosted plexi glass canopy.
either way, thanks for the replies and i hope you guys have a great weekend !!
Lean~
