Ecotech Radion!

1Blazer · Sep 9, 2011

Aquarium Specialty has the Radion on pre order in case anyone was looking for it. Pretty slick looking fixture. Too bad MACNA was soooooo far away this year would have loved to have checked it out in person:cry:

chestnud · Sep 9, 2011

I got the email from them about it. It looks sweet.

Rockadile · Sep 9, 2011

biggest issue I have with this light is the placement of the fan. with it being on the bottom of the pulling air up through the fixture it is also going to pull salt spray.

milkman · Sep 9, 2011

Saw them today a MACNA. As usual for Ecotech, lots of bells and whistles. I didn't get the fan either. Sticks out like a sore thumb in the middle of the fixture. Don't get me wrong, I like Ecotech and have three Vortechs. I just was not impressed with the new LED fixture.

Doe5ia14 · Sep 10, 2011

The fan placement is a very odd location for it but I'm sure there's a reason for it. I wonder how much salt creep would get in there and how easy is would be to get in there to clean if needed.

chadfarmer · Sep 12, 2011

i went to maybe get this light but they lost me with a tank with no corals in it to show me how it actually looked, i ended up grabbing 4 AI s instead

pumarjr · Sep 12, 2011

i've had my current LED fixture over my 40 gal for 8 months now and have 0 creep on my fixture ,the tank is rimless btw.

Seasonedreefer · Sep 15, 2011

When do they start shipping these Fixtures? Does any one have one yet? Id love to see some pics and actual par numbers.

pumarjr · Sep 15, 2011

Mr. Saltwater already performed some par readings and was impressed on it's output. Look him up on youtube.

BlueHeaven · Sep 15, 2011

From what I know about the fixture. The fan draws air in and across the heatsink and out the side vents. "salt air" never comes on contact with any wiring.

KJAG · Sep 25, 2011

That color scheme isnt going to work for me personally. Green and Red in an LED fixture have been tested before and are considered "suspect colors" for a reason imo. Also, as others have mentioned, that fan placement is odd and seperates the LED clusters which can only add to more shadowing.Even if the fan draws air in and out the side vents, totally seperate from the wiring, that fan system seems like it would fail much sooner from the salt exposure than if it were on the anterior side of the fixture.Maybe one could disassemble and clean it often to avoid this. Just an opinion.