Duckhams' 75G Reef Build - Eurobraced/BeanAnimal

Duckhams · #1 03-09-2016, 07:15 PM

I also took a few readings at 100% on all channels just to see what the difference would be. The Radion XR15PRO's put out a LOT of PAR. However, I dont think many aquarists will run all channels on 100% percent as we tend to favour the blue 20,000k look over the bright 5,000k sunshine look. Though for heavy SPS tanks it may be worth ramping up to the 100% on all channels for an hour or so a day just get that extra bump in PAR. How effective, necessary or worthwhile that would be, i don't know. But I like that it's an option.

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Duckhams · #2 03-09-2016, 07:31 PM

My actinic settings on Radion XR15PRO's. In person the tank is a brilliant blue with serious pop on the coral colours, the picture doesn't really show how bright and blue it is, but you get the idea. PAR readings are low but acceptable given the color spectrum.

With the UV channel set to 0% the sand bed reading drops from 50 to 10. The other readings stay around the same and drop very little.

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Bugger · #3 03-09-2016, 09:06 PM

What program did you use to make the picture.
Wasen't it a pain to change the lens

Duckhams · #4 03-09-2016, 09:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Bugger

What program did you use to make the picture.
Wasen't it a pain to change the lens

I did it all in Pages on my mac. Changing the lenses took me about 2 minutes on each unit. It's really easy.

Bugger · #5 03-09-2016, 10:23 PM

Really you can do that much on pages