Want to upgrade.. need advice!!!

[JAWSIII]

Right now I have a 60 cube 24x24x24 mixed reef system mostly LPS and softies with one Digi at the top, powered by 2 prime 16hd on it. It’s mostly functional and I get decent PAR to about the top 3/4 of the tank. Last 1/4 it’s only hitting 70-90 PAR.
I’m not crazy about the look of 2 primes on the tank either. So I have decided if I’m going to pull the trigger I want to do it right and I only want one fixture. I have also decided that it’s either going to be AI or eco tech as a choice. So here goes….

hydra 32 or 64?

Radion Gen 5 or 6

Radion Xr15 or 30

Radion pro or blue

thanks for any feedback

 

[vetteguy53081]

Right now I have a 60 cube 24x24x24 mixed reef system mostly LPS and softies with one Digi at the top, powered by 2 prime 16hd on it. It’s mostly functional and I get decent PAR to about the top 3/4 of the tank. Last 1/4 it’s only hitting 70-90 PAR.
I’m not crazy about the look of 2 primes on the tank either. So I have decided if I’m going to pull the trigger I want to do it right and I only want one fixture. I have also decided that it’s either going to be AI or eco tech as a choice. So here goes….

hydra 32 or 64?

Radion Gen 5 or 6

Radion Xr15 or 30

Radion pro or blue

thanks for any feedback

Hydra 32 or radion smaller my choice

 

[ZombieEngineer]

I have a XR30 pro gen 4 on mine and this is the par. The newer generation have better spread. I am not doing SPS in this tank except maybe rainbow Monti up top, otherwise I would run at 80%

 

[Jon's Reef]

XR15 will be more than enough par. Benefit of the XR30 would be less shadowing.
Go blue if you normally turn down the whites.
G5 vs G6.... I would pick up a used G5 for the savings.

 

[exnisstech]

I have a tank similar in size 24x20x20. I'm running a radion xr15 pro gen4 mounted in a 24 inch aquatic life hybrid fixture with 2 B+ and 2 C+ bulbs. I'm just getting started on sps so not sure if their happy or not but I haven't killed any yet. My LPS are loving it on the bottom.

 

[FoolishWizard]

XR15 are basically made for those tank dimensions... G5 will give you a little higher par (mainly directly under light / center tank) than the G6, but G6 will give you better spectrum and much more uniform spread over that footprint. I would G6 Blue it.

 

[Markreed84]

XR15 are basically made for those tank dimensions... G5 will give you a little higher par (mainly directly under light / center tank) than the G6, but G6 will give you better spectrum and much more uniform spread over that footprint. I would G6 Blue it.

Exactly what I've done on my 60g cube (G6 blue xr15), peak pars nowhere near as high as my xr30 G3 pro could do but spread is much much better

 

[Jekyl]

Could also keep the lights you have and supplement with an LED bar. Cheaper option and same results.