Radion vs. AI Sol

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by Aquattro

Which brings us back to the big question. How many does one need to cover a 18" x 60" area?(which is roughly my rock area)

Thats exactly the area I'm covering with 3 sols 12" above water

[Aquattro]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

Thats exactly the area I'm covering with 3 sols 12" above water

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.

[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