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Best par increase

  • add the XR30 and group of 2 XR15s on each side

  • go t5 hybrid

  • add more lights (non radion)

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I have a 6ft 125G aqueon tank with 2 cross braces. Right now I have 3 Radion XR15s on 100% generating about 150 par in the middle part of the tank. I'd like to raise this par enough to where I don’t have to run the lights full blast and get a mixed reef layout with lps lower in the tank and sps like acros higher up in the tank. I have a brand new XR30, should I move 2 XR15s together to simulate a XR30 on one side, the XR30 on the other side with the lone XR15 in the middle? Or should I just buy a t5 hybrid kit and use the 3 XR15s and keep the XR30 for a tank upgrade later.
 
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Basically trying to add 100+ par to take off the stress of the radions and add more par in general.
 

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Most par meters not accurate and you probably have enough light to grow what ever you want. with the 3 15's ,, With as shallow of a tank your lights should not have to be 100% dont play the par games, play what works, and most led users dont need half the power their lights produce im running 3 120W lights in 210g tank 30" deep and im running 6% blue and 1% white and have all my LPS growing like weeds again, rbta love it that low. at 60% nothing grew. So my suggestion to you is, what is it, that you think isnt growing good enough ?
 

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