Need advise on led light
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Topic: Need advise on led light
Posted By: bigfishtoo
Subject: Need advise on led light
Date Posted: April 09 2020 at 10:58pm
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I have a 120 gal tank (24x24x48) with a 40 gal sump. I have two Radion XR30 PRO lights on tank. My problem I can't grow any corals but softy corals like mushrooms, xenia, green star polyps. I want to grow birdnest corals and plate corals and hammer/torch corals and SPS corals. Lights are mounted 8 inches above water line. Here is how my lights are set up now. 9:00 am intensity 0% 9:45 am 31% 10:00 am through 6:45 pm 35% 7:30 pm 30% 8:00 pm off Here are my setting for color % Violet 100% Purple 100% Blue 100% Dark blue 100% White 24% Yellow 23% Green 24% Red 24% POWER 50% TOTAL WATTS 111 Please can someone tell me what my lights need to be set at to grow to other corals. My tank Parameters are, PH-8.2 AMMOONIA 0 NITRITE 0 NITRATE 0 PHOS 0.25 CALCIUM 590 ALKALINITY 9.74 TEMP 80 SALINITY 1.26 I have a skimmer in sump also with algae. These lights are new to me and I don't want to fry what corals are growing. Any help thanks. 
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Posted By: Christianwaisath
Date Posted: April 10 2020 at 8:37am
| turn them up? Maxing our at 35% output seems like it would definitely limit what you could grow |
Posted By: bigfishtoo
Date Posted: April 12 2020 at 9:09pm
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Turn them up doesn't answer my question I want to know if someone's running this LED lights how they have them set up. They are new to me just want advise on how to set them for my tank. thanks 
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Posted By: bigfishtoo
Date Posted: April 16 2020 at 8:30pm
No one runs Ecotech Radion xr30 pro GN4 lights on their tanks in this forum? 
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Posted By: knowen87
Date Posted: April 16 2020 at 10:31pm
| you could ask this on the facebook group for this club, you might get a few more eye on your post there. I use kessils |
Posted By: bigfishtoo
Date Posted: April 25 2020 at 8:20pm
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OK THANKS
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Posted By: Adam Blundell
Date Posted: April 26 2020 at 7:52am
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I have radions... can't stand them. My advice, get Chinese box lights. Adam ------------- Come to a meeting, they�re fun! |