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after month with radion g4 pro over my tank I'm thinking to swap them for a 8xt5 ATI fixture with reefbright strip
Should I be more patience
With those led or should I make a switch for my
Sps to color up better and growth better !!!
Thanks guys
 
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kamikazereefer said:
after month with radion g4 pro over my tank I'm thinking to swap them for a 8xt5 ATI fixture with reefbright strip
Should I be more patience
With those led or should I make a switch for my
Sps to color up better and growth better !!!
Thanks guys
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A month is likely not enough time to really have your corals adjust to a powerful light. That said, if you arent happy, making the switch is all about what you like. The ATI fixture isnt "better" that the Radion, its just different.

What arent you happy with the Radions? Is it just because of the coloration in your corals? Are you running the Coral Lab Program, or are you just winging LED programming? It might be worth taking a look at Ecotechs work on the Coral Lab (link here) to see if an adjustment to your lights will help your coral health :)

Hmmm... how many Radions do you have for your tank size? A common issue with LED fixtures is not having enough spread to provide a nice blanket of light across the entire tank, which is what T5 fixtures often provide. For what its worth, I run a 8x80w ATI fixture and I love it. Ive run LEDs before and had success with SPS and loved them too.
 
ksfulk said:
A month is likely not enough time to really have your corals adjust to a powerful light. That said, if you arent happy, making the switch is all about what you like. The ATI fixture isnt "better" that the Radion, its just different.

What arent you happy with the Radions? Is it just because of the coloration in your corals? Are you running the Coral Lab Program, or are you just winging LED programming? It might be worth taking a look at Ecotechs work on the Coral Lab (link here) to see if an adjustment to your lights will help your coral health :)

Hmmm... how many Radions do you have for your tank size? A common issue with LED fixtures is not having enough spread to provide a nice blanket of light across the entire tank, which is what T5 fixtures often provide. For what its worth, I run a 8x80w ATI fixture and I love it. Ive run LEDs before and had success with SPS and loved them too.
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I got 3 radion g4 pro over 48x24x22
Il running coral lab ab+ at 70% brithness

I'm not happy with the coloration I see tank under t5 and all the coral look better than mine and my parameter are good and stable
I got the light for close to 5 month now
 
I run T5 on my SPS tank and love it. I've had bad experiences with AI LEDs. That being said, my friend works at World Wide Corals and they run all Radion G4 Pros and WOW. I think you would be hard pressed to find better coral coloration than WWC. I hate LEDs in general but I am sold on Radions. There could be other things at play than just your lights that are affecting your coloration.
 
I have an issue with UV/near UV LED bulb lifespan (doesn't last more than 3 months) and I am thinking of adding a T5 supplement to fill that gap. What bulb should I get?. It's a 48" long standard 75G tank.
 
If you are able to, add the let t5 retrofits to your tank. I have those with a Radion. Best of both worlds!
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There is alot more to colors than lights. I switched lights several times before finding my issue, and stability was not it. Nor was typically tested for items.

I went cheap t5s to expensive T5s to 250w Phoenix, to 400w XM 20k with 2xVHO actinic..

I spent alot of money chasing colors because I thought lights were the answer. The reality is every setup I owned would have got the job done!


On my new tank I have built a ledgroupbuy.com 6x Lumia 5.2 fixture and plan to add one or more dual T5 retro if needed later. I am using LED because I must have shimmer, and I would like to avoid the heat, electric bills, and yearly bulb replacement costs of Halide, but not because I think they are better. They are almost certainly not. Halide is great IMO.
 
Just get the ati hybrid.

I'd bet a dollar you don't need the power of an eight tube.

Probaly should look at the geissmanns If you wanna play for real.
 
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I've been running a pair of Kessil A360WEs over a 75g the last year and things have been going well but I decided to go SPS dominant a few weeks backs and figured T5s were a no-brainer so I grab a LET two bulb retro kit with an ATI Coral+ and Blue+. The added pop in color is very nice visually and it filled in some shaded areas that may give me room for a couple more acros.
 
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