radion g2's for frag tank.. need help

[Toomnymods]

i just got some new radion g2's and i love them but man are they confusing to setup, lol I bleached probably 15 plugs worth. these are soo much more powerful than my ai sols..
So after bleaching some zoas I reduced my profile to the radiant color scheme and reduced power % to 55% and taken the whites down to 20 max at high noon and left the other colors alone.. do u think this is a good profile?? my frag tank is just a 24x20x12 and lights it up very well
also my radion is about 16" off of the water.
just want some opinions about what others are using for max color and growth..
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[CRW Reefer]

Wow you have 2 radions on a 24x20 frag tank? If so, no wonder they bleached zoas lol.

 

[Seavee1218]

Wanna trade that frg tank ????


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[mfinn]

One Radion will cover a 24" x 24" footprint.
I have a single Radion over my 30" x 20" and have it 10" off the waters surface without the TIR lens.

With something like zoanthids, I would have started off using the radiant schedule and the acclimation program for 4 weeks, starting at 40%.

 

[Stickyhops]

One Radion will cover a 24" x 24" footprint.
I have a single Radion over my 30" x 20" and have it 10" off the waters surface without the TIR lens.

With something like zoanthids, I would have started off using the radiant schedule and the acclimation program for 4 weeks, starting at 40%.

Agreed!

 

[Tenor]

I would sell radion and buy kessil 350w for frag tank

 

[Toomnymods]

I have only one over the frag tank and two oer my display.. The sps are loving it.. Zoas still adjusting
After 4 week aclimation should it only go up to maybe 75% and knock whites down or leave whites up high??

 

[mfinn]

I think I read the radiant program only goes to about 65%? Maybe I read it wrong.
But with zoanthids I would try to stay at that 65%.
Maybe 2-3 weeks at 65% if they do good, try a bump to 70%.

 

[Toomnymods]

also Im planning on eventually buying more radions for a upcoming propagation system I'm planning. Would the radion light up a 36x20x12 frag tank very well? i know the outer 5" closest to the edges of the tank would obviously get less light than the center, but i'm sure there will be zoas that would like less light anyways. Also if i raised the light a few more inches would this get better light spread? I will be using Gen2's for all of these..

 

[mfinn]

While I get pretty good coverage on my 30" tank, I think you would be unhappy in the long run trying one unit on a 36" tank.

 

[kaplan1000]

Can you have SPS and low light corals in the same 24 x 24 frag tank? Will the SPS be ok at 65% if they are closer to the gen2's? Sorry to chime in but I feel like I'm in the same situation.

 

[joshporksandwich]

The same thing happened to me when i switched from 1w chinesse to apollo 6 in my frag tank. The par wet from 120 to 600 lol. All i did was raise the lights 30" above the water to 200 par in the middle and around 120 in the corners. I keep mostly sps in the middle and zoas all around. Try to find someone with a par meter they're a life saver when it comes to lighting a tank.