radion gen lighting help

clownman87 · Oct 29, 2014

i am having a very hard time finding the right schedule for my radion gen 2. i have it over a 34 solana cube and i have it mounted on the rms arm and the light produces a lot of algae and i was wondering if anyone could help me program it so there wouldn't be so much algae. its a couple months old so it much coral but i plan on having mostly lps, shrooms, zoas, RBTA, clams, and a few sps. any help is much appreciated thanks![h=1][/h][h=1][/h]

Daniel@R2R · Oct 29, 2014

What are your tank parameters? Specifically, what is your phosphate and nitrate levels?

Btw, I have a Gen1 that I run at 20k for 11 hours a day.

Dan1789 · Oct 29, 2014

Algae isn't from your light. You have nitrates and/or phosphates. Do a test for these. Also what intensity is you radion set to.

clownman87 · Oct 29, 2014

just did a test and my nitrates and phosphates are a little high, i think my light is at 70% intensity

clownman87 · Oct 29, 2014

do you think a kessil A150W tuna blue would be better then the radion?

Daniel@R2R · Oct 29, 2014

clownman87 said:
just did a test and my nitrates and phosphates are a little high, i think my light is at 70% intensity

How much is "a little high"?

Daniel@R2R · Oct 29, 2014

clownman87 said:
do you think a kessil A150W tuna blue would be better then the radion?

No. If you're having phosphate and nitrate issues, then your light isn't the problem. You need to reduce those levels and find out what's causing them. Radions are excellent lights... definitely not the issue.