Mounting Radions above canopy is done :)

Desperado · Apr 14, 2015

Buddy of mine helping mount my radions above my new 220 gal aquarium. Love this way of mounting a lot more than fooling with rails or hangers. Also getting a nice 10" distance from water.

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Shep · Apr 14, 2015

Very nice! Is the tank set up yet?

Desperado · Apr 14, 2015

Thx. It's getting setup. Gonna move in some more LR and do another water change tomorrow. Just put what was in my 120 into 220. I haven't done any aquascaping yet.

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Snook65 · Apr 19, 2015

Nice job. Looking forward to seeing the finished job.

Desperado · Apr 19, 2015

Thanks! Just added some more live rock. Still some aquascaping to do.

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Mester320 · Apr 20, 2015

I am doing this same upgrade. I have 2 radions over my 120 and I will be doing 3 over my new 220. My question is do you have shadows or is it enough light. I was thinking about adding a few t5s

Desperado · Apr 20, 2015

It's enough light. I don't have any shadows. I need to take a pic at night so u really can see the contrast. I have 2 gen 1s with TIR lense upgrades. The radion in the center is a gen 3. So now I'm gonna send my 2 radions in to upgrade them to gen 3's. You can tell a
Difference.

revhtree · Apr 20, 2015

Well done and nice idea!

Mester320 · Apr 20, 2015

Do you think it is worth it to the $150 per light to upgrade from gen 2 to gen 3?

Mester320 · Apr 20, 2015

Oh and what % do you run them on?

Desperado · Apr 20, 2015

I never would have thought so until I saw the middle G3 putting out a noticeable difference from the G2s. If I could of had all the same generation I wouldn't touch them. I think all generations do a good/great job. It's just a contrast when u mix.

Desperado · Apr 20, 2015

Right now I'm at 60%..... I will increase but I had them at 50% on old tank. They were closed to water and I had a 24" Tank height vs a 30" now

addseo1119 · Apr 21, 2015

Wow that's cool.

racin2438 · Apr 21, 2015

Great job, looking really good

Reefmon · Nov 25, 2015

how did you have the lights before? I like that idea because it give the lights a little more distance and spread. good idea!

Desperado · Nov 28, 2015

Thanks!!! That's the only way I've ever mounted my radions. I had a 120 gal and upgraded to 220. Works great. No expensive rail system to buy. You can pull lights easy and clean, access top of lights easy and also more distance like you said