Radion Templates?

jaxteller007 · Jan 17, 2020

I've got a newly up and running 180. It's mostly fish and live rock with one Duncan (will probably be the only piece of coral we have in this tank as we want to move it towards a predator set up). We have 3 Radion XR30 Gen 3s. Are there any good templates out there besides the like 4 standard ones from Ecotech? If those are it, any tips on which one is the most popular?

Fishingandreefing · Jan 17, 2020

I have seen lots of people like the AB and coral lab as they want growth. I like the radiant color as it brings out my coral colors I think. If you’re going fowlr, then it does t matter

jaxteller007 · Jan 17, 2020

Fishingandreefing said:
I have seen lots of people like the AB and coral lab as they want growth. I like the radiant color as it brings out my coral colors I think. If you’re going fowlr, then it does t matter

Yea we won't add anything other than the Duncan that is in there. So we want to keep that little guy happy but are more worried about keeping the fish looking good and limiting the potential of algae outbreaks due to too much (which hopefully we avoid lol).

I know Duncan's are pretty hardy so will it really matter which one we run? Could we run Radiant Color or the LPS Coral Lab for the blues and moonlight periods ?

fermentedhiker · Jan 17, 2020

Most predators are pretty safe with corals. With great lights like those it would be a bit of shame to not throw some other easy corals in for color.

jaxteller007 · Jan 17, 2020

fermentedhiker said:
Most predators are pretty safe with corals. With great lights like those it would be a bit of shame to not throw some other easy corals in for color.

We are really wanting to add some Angels and Butterflys and the wife is insisting on a puffer so I'd hate to spend money on corals to watch them get ate.
We plan on doing a small coral tank (like an all in one 30 gallon) once we buy a house later this year.

fermentedhiker · Jan 17, 2020

jaxteller007 said:
We are really wanting to add some Angels and Butterflys and the wife is insisting on a puffer so I'd hate to spend money on corals to watch them get ate.
We plan on doing a small coral tank (like an all in one 30 gallon) once we buy a house later this year.

I get what you mean. When you said predator I was thinking lionfish/groupers etc....