A LIGHTING DEVICE for illuminating an aquarium (100), comprising: —a base layer (111, 611); —a plurality of lighting elements (111, 112, 113, 212, 213) mounted on the base layer (111, 611) and comprising a first and a second subset (630A) of lighting elements (111, 112, 113, 212, 213) arranged for emitting a first and a second spectrum of light respectively; —a
light transmission affecting device arranged for affecting the transmission of light from the plurality of lighting elements (111, 112, 113, 212, 213); wherein the
light transmission affecting device is arranged for passing (420) at least a part of the light from at least one lighting element (112, 212, 213, 312) of the first subset (112) having the first emitting spectrum and
processing (430) the light from at least one lighting element (112, 212, 213, 312) of the second subset (630A) having the second emitting spectrum; wherein the first emitting spectrum comprises
white light or a first
colored light; wherein the first
colored light comprises
wavelength in a first range with peak
wavelength below (485) 485 nm; and the second emitting spectrum comprises a second
colored light; wherein the second
colored light comprises
wavelength in a second range with a peak wavelength larger than 485 nm.