Radion From Gen 1 to Gen 3 pro's??

[J Rog]

Hi Everyone,

Im about to pull the trigger on upgrading my Radion Gen 1's to the Gen 3 pro's. Im curious if anyone on here has made that leap and if so have you seen a significant difference in your corals? I figured before I spend over $500 (I have 2 radions on my set up) I would see if it's worth it..

 

[SloppyJ]

I haven't made the switch from an older radion but I did have an AI SOL Blue and went to a radion gen 3 Pro. I believe the uv aspect of it is where the difference comes in. I'm getting colors I've never seen my corals have before in 2 yrs between a halide and an AI sol vs. this new radion.

 

[J Rog]

I haven't made the switch from an older radion but I did have an AI SOL Blue and went to a radion gen 3 Pro. I believe the uv aspect of it is where the difference comes in. I'm getting colors I've never seen my corals have before in 2 yrs between a halide and an AI sol vs. this new radion.

Cool, ya better light sepctrum going on in the Gen 3 pro's then the Gen 1's..

 

[J Rog]

Any other input from people who made the jump?

 

[footballdude2k3]

Tagging along, have been contemplating pulling the trigger on these as well

 

[J Rog]

Bump

 

[mfinn]

I made the jump from a gen 1 to gen 3 upgrade. I didn't do the pro.
I am happy with the money spent. A little better color. Growth has been good.

If you are expecting night and day difference, you will be disappointed.

 

[J Rog]

Eeek. I was hoping for a night and day difference.. Lol

 

[rlman41299]

I made the jump to pro from gen1 and couldn't be more happier. The colors are much better now specially on my milli's. Only setback is I am having green algae growth, dunno if it's the lights because of the additional yellow led or I am feeding too much.
But yeah It was worth the money for the upgrade

 

[J Rog]

Sweet! What percentage are you running them at? Are you using a preset graph or custom?

 

[rlman41299]

I run mine @ 55% with one of the presets. Don't know the name but it is the second one.

Sweet! What percentage are you running them at? Are you using a preset graph or custom?

 

[J Rog]

I run mine @ 55% with one of the presets. Don't know the name but it is the second one.

Cool, I just bumped up my Gen 1's to 50%. But I believe you are running the Radiant Color graph. Thats what im running as well

 

[pugbug99]

when I was looking into upgrades my understanding was the only thing that gets upgraded are the fans. the only difference in the generations is an additional color in the leds

 

[sucker]

just got one g3 pro today for $500 brand new seal.

 

[J Rog]

just got one g3 pro today for $500 brand new seal.

Good deal :bigsmile:

 

[ElGuapo]

Did you find the G3 for $500 online or did you buy it off someone?

 

[J Rog]

Ok, my gen 3 pros will be to me on Tues. Everything was doing great @ 65% on my Gen 1's. Whats a good start point on the Gen 3 pro's?

 

[ReeferRookie]

Why not pick up where u left off and see if theres a difference ? And adjust accordingly

 

[J Rog]

Well, the gen 3 pros a more powerful then the old gen 1's. So I figured I should probably start at a lower intensity..

 

[berbotty]

Difference is huge - between gen 1 and gen 3 - gen 3 to gen 3 pro - not so much