Radion vs. AI Sol

[sphelps]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

What have you got for coral? Mine is heavily stocked SPS which really love the light. After 6 months with the 400w radiums, some will start to brown out.
I'm not sure 3 of these will replace what I have now.

Yeah it's hard to say, you might want to stick with the AI recommendations and go with 5 mounted the other way. The good thing you could always try 3 and see how it goes, if you find yourself running them close to 100% and still not giving the corals enough light you could always add the other two. IMO though if the 3 sols won't work then 3 Radions won't either.

[Aquattro]

Ya, I think they're fairly comparable, intensity and coverage wise. Problem is I can't afford 5, so if 3 didn't work, I'm stuck.
I guess until I see a colorful SPS tank running 3, I can't consider this.

[sphelps]

Yeah although it would be cool to see 200W of LED replace 1200W of halide it does seem unlikely.

[MarkoD]

I've got sps growing 18 inches deep no problem.

100% on both blue and 75% white and 100% only white when I'm at work

[MarkoD]

Look at dez's tank. He's got 3 covering a 60" tank full of sps

[Werbo]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

Look at dez's tank. He's got 3 covering a 60" tank full of sps

3 AI's or Radions?

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

Look at dez's tank. He's got 3 covering a 60" tank full of sps

He has a bunch of supplemental LED tho, no?

[MarkoD]

he's got 3 AIs and a couple strips to light the front and back.

i think he's covering more than 18" front to back.

im uploading a picture now of my 18 with 3 AI, give me a few min