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

[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.

[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.

[MarkoD]

Originally Posted by zoaElite

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.

I figured since radions are almost double the power of ai I'd lower it in the beginning. But I have Zoas in the tank just totally under the sols and they're wide open and expanding.

I guess in a few days I'll have my answer now that I've swapped the lights

I'll take photos tonight

[cale262]

Originally Posted by zoaElite

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.

I was going to buy a PAR meter but now I'm looking for a Spectrograph so I can measure the PUR which doesn't show up with the PAR meter...