Ecotech Marine’s Radion XR30w wins the 2011 Reef Builders LED showdown

[Skimmerking]

Boys what about reef tech and this python led pendant are they any good

[cale262]

Originally Posted by asmodeus

Boys what about reef tech and this python led pendant are they any good

Reeftech was a big letdown as they never came through with the software as promised...

I was happy with the Python right up to the point where it started having driver issues...no assistance was given by the distributor to get any warranty work doen, so no more euro-junk for me...the PS is now an $1800 paper weight.

This was the big drive to buy a North American product and ecotech has a strong name and rep, I believe even if the Canadian distributor flakes out on me again, at least I don't have to worry about Ecotech leaving me stranded as Pacific Sun did. I also don't have to deal with the English/Polish language barrier which was extremely frustrating when communicating with both PS and RT.

[Nano]

Hey marko what are the odds of taking the same kind of shots you did, only use the AI sol on say the left side again, and the for the Comparison, use the Radion on the left side as well, then you can see a direct difference

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by nanomano

Hey marko what are the odds of taking the same kind of shots you did, only use the AI sol on say the left side again, and the for the Comparison, use the Radion on the left side as well, then you can see a direct difference

ill do it tomorrow, getting sleepy tonight

[cale262]

Honestly, the above pictures have very little credibility IMHO. In order to show anything they would have to be taken with the lights in the same location over the same scape by an unbiased party.

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by asmodeus

Boys what about reef tech and this python led pendant are they any good

oh, now dont go bringing reeftech into the fray......reeftech has a wider variety of fixtures to choose from......ranging from one that would compare in wattage to the radion for somewhere in between the cost of a sol and a radion, all the way up to a beast of a light that would blow most other LEDs out of the water for around the price of a vertex 260....the software and programing is similar to the radion but not as good IME.....wired, unit to unit.....wireless to the computer.....

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by fishytime

oh, now dont go bringing reeftech into the fray......reeftech has a wider variety of fixtures to choose from......ranging from one that would compare in wattage to the radion for somewhere in between the cost of a sol and a radion, all the way up to a beast of a light that would blow most other LEDs out of the water for around a vertex 260....the software and programing is similar to the radion but not as good IME.....wired, unit to unit.....wireless to the computer.....

wireless to the computer would be awesome.

[cale262]

Originally Posted by fishytime

oh, now dont go bringing reeftech into the fray......reeftech has a wider variety of fixtures to choose from......ranging from one that would compare in wattage to the radion for somewhere in between the cost of a sol and a radion, all the way up to a beast of a light that would blow most other LEDs out of the water for around a vertex 260....the software and programing is similar to the radion but not as good IME.....wired, unit to unit.....wireless to the computer.....

I bought a Reeftech Prometheus fixture and it was a huge waste of my time and money. Dealing with them is painful to say the least, They promise everything and come through with nothing. I wouldn't wish them on anyone.

[lastlight]

The radion appears to have a little bit more spread than 1 sol... certainly not as much as 2 if we go from those photos. I'm curious tho about the spread in the other direction.

But only mildly curious because I actually love my halide/t5 combo

[Zoaelite]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

Why am I having different results with my radion. A month with ai sols and everything was good. I put a radion on the right sideof my tank and kept ai sols on the left. I have my sols at 90% power and radion at 65% and wall my Zoe's under the radion have been closed for about a week now. I can't even tell if they're alive.

Those are peculiar results as the PAR test's I have read rank the AI to be higher than the Radion (Having the Radion @ a lower intensity should only compound this effect). If less light is getting to the zoas then they should become more expanded, they shouldn't close due to photo shock.

Anything else change in the tank or anything that could be irritating them? Have any photos?

Gah, I need a PAR meter to get some actual numbers here as what the box say's and what others are measuring seem to be different.