- Joined
- Aug 24, 2015
- Messages
- 255
- Reaction score
- 1,402
The wide-angle TIR (Total Internal Reflection) Lens offers Radion users an option for dispersing the light over a wider area of a tank. This is especially helpful for users with shallower tanks or for users who are keeping corals with lower PAR needs (those not growing SPS on the sandbed). The standard Radion comes with an 80° TIR lens, but the wide-angle TIR extends the reach to 120° (as in this example).
For those of you who might be more concerned about how much PAR is reduced at normal or deeper tanks, here's a graph provided by EcoTech Marine that demonstrates the PAR readings at 24" over a 48" x 48" area. As shown in this graph, PAR levels are still strong at 24", and since most of us are growing sticks a bit higher up anyway, the expanded lighting area may be far more beneficial than any concern over reduced PAR in most reef tanks.
So, have you upgraded to a wide-angle TIR lens? What has been your experience?
Last edited: