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

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by doch

It's been the opposite in my world. Every person that I've demonstrated the lightning storms to has looked at me like there's something wrong. Then when I explain, several have asked if the fish are harmed by this. Uhhh.... pretty sure there is lightning in nature.

Ive had people ask if it's doing that cuz the bulbs are burning out.
Lol

[Nano]

from the thunderstorms? remind me not to use that feature

[cale262]

Originally Posted by nanomano

So how do you really measure the light then if par is irrelevant? I am just wondering cause I am getting an AI for my new tank, and going from t5's to AI will be a huge change, I know I have to start it low, but how low is low lol? might seem like a dumb question

I think it's really a case by case basis and there is no easy answer unless you have a Spectrograph. Start with considering what you currently house in your glass box atm, either way, popular consensus say to ease your system into the new lighting, watch your corals for undesired changes while increasing the intensity of the LED fixture.

The next big question comes when adding new coral to the system, this is why I’m going to use the same lighting on my frag tank as the DT, this way I can ramp the intensity up and match the photo period while acclimatizing the coral/frag to match my DT.

[MarkoD]

here are pictures.

first picture is the zoa colony under the ai sols



and this one use to be a colony but since i put the radion over that side of the tank they've all disappeared. all i've got is one here and there and theyre closed up into little balls

[Nano]

yikes that sucks Marko, I wonder if the radion was too much for them?

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by nanomano

yikes that sucks Marko, I wonder if the radion was too much for them?

it was only 65% power

they were previously under 90% power ai

[Nano]

maybe another reason then? I have heard zoo's can melt sometimes

[Aqua-Digital]

Radions are twice the power of Ai's and full spectrum.

start at 40% and work your way up over two weeks.

Under Ai's I never got any colour this is one miracle change since adding a Radion



it has now gone onto to be super dark purple

[fishytime]

Originally Posted by MarkoD

here are pictures.

first picture is the zoa colony under the ai sols



and this one use to be a colony but since i put the radion over that side of the tank they've all disappeared. all i've got is one here and there and theyre closed up into little balls

ummmmmmm you have a moorish idol in your tank.....they have been know to eat polyps


the feature I like about the radions is......you can start the morning off with the red spectrum (which BTW is beneficial for you coral ) to simulate a sunrise effect, then have the spectrum change to natural sunlight during the day when your not home to see the yellow-ness, then have the color change to more of a blue in the evening when you are home to see tank.....I'll agree that the thunderstorm feature is more for the user than the reef

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by fishytime

ummmmmmm you have a moorish idol in your tank.....they have been know to eat polyps


the feature I like about the radions is......you can start the morning off with the red spectrum (which BTW is beneficial for you coral ) to simulate a sunrise effect, then have the spectrum change to natural sunlight during the day when your not home to see the yellow-ness, then have the color change to more of a blue in the evening when you are home to see tank.....I'll agree that the thunderstorm feature is more for the user than the reef

I've never seen it pick at any polyps. But even if it did, why would he only go for the ones under the radions?

Before the radion, these same zoas were under the ai and open all day.

And how do you figure that 12 watts of red LEDs are beneficial to corals?

This weekend I'm going to try this out. I'm gonna have the reds on only, for the first 5 hours of the day. And I'll take a time lapse video of a zoa frag to see if it'll even react (open,close,twitch) at the red light