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Unread 01/22/2018, 01:52 PM   #51
mattgumaer
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Cully,

Not sure if you still run the Radions but, the new 'diffusers' for the xr30s are now out. For those of us who cannot practically run them high above the tank, the diffusers may be just the ticket to blend and even out the lighting in our tanks. They aren't cheap but, I'm keeping my fingers crossed that they will make it significantly easier to provide balanced lighting without hot spots.

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Unread 02/20/2018, 07:32 PM   #52
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Unread 02/20/2018, 08:39 PM   #53
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I'm interested in this as well, as I'm trying to decide on a light for my SPS focused Midi.

I successfully ran LEDs for a few years on my LPS and softy dominant tank, and have used MH and T5 previously on other setups. An LFS near me used to have LEDs on their display and their SPS sale tanks, but switched back to T5s.


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Unread 02/21/2018, 05:08 PM   #54
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I have. I was using a Pacific Sun t5/led fixture and changed to Reefbrite mh/led fixtures, using 250 watt twin acrs and their ballasts. I could not be happier... My alk consumption doubled in less than a month.


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Unread 02/21/2018, 08:40 PM   #55
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I have, was using 4 radions on my 220. they switched to a T5/LED combo. now MHs with 2 radions for moon lights, dawn and dusk on my 450. The Geismann 17500 is a really nice light. I would run MHs alone with this bulb but I like the moon lights and have the radions laying around.


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Unread 02/24/2018, 06:12 PM   #56
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Yeah going back to MH.
Not that LED aren't growing things. It's growing pretty well and I'm happy with the way it looks. It's just no realiable as MH. I went through 3 Radions XR15w in the past 3 years. The last one a few days ago. And no, I will not buy that crap anymore. I have a XR30 still working well.
Maybe I'm just not lucky with it. MH was easy plug and play stuff and the growth was there too. I've tried it but will go back the old way. It will also be a lot less expensive to light my new 140g 60'' with MH than Radions. It's been fun but it's over!


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Unread 03/16/2018, 05:36 AM   #57
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I'm back to tried and true Giesemnn Spectra, 400w radium. Actually I've been messing around with some other bulbs and discovered that my 400w reeflux 10k will fire on all the 250w + 400w settings on my Lumatek ballast. It looks much more blue but still bright on 250SL. That will likely be my setting to save a little heat for the summer months. Strange thing is that I bought a 250w 10k Ushio to run less wattage and the bulb threads didn't fit into the Spectra Mogul socket.

Does anyone have a link to Sanjy's halide data? I can't seem to find it.


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Unread 03/16/2018, 06:25 AM   #58
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Here ya go----

https://reefs.com/lighting/

The spetral plots may not be working, but the rest of the info is there. Just walk your way down the tree for each till you get to unshielded/sheilded

If you need more specific info you can also just do a browser search on the specific bulb/ballast from the original Advanced Aquarist articles


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