"Ecotech Radion LED's in doubt".....not able to promote (zooxanthellae) color in corals

[ReefLEDLights]

Sanjay recommends at least 100 PAR on the sand bed. I like 200-250 for clams and Carpet Anemones. I've grown huge colonies of Euphylla under 400 watt 6.5K Iwasakies. For most corals as long as you acclimate the higher light can be beneficial.

I did notice that Acans and Zoas like a nutrient rich low light environment but still at levels higher than you're running.

 

[Pongo]

Here is a pic of my reef parameter log book

I think your PO4 is still too high.
Mine runs about 0.02 to 0.08, but the past 2 months has been steady at 0.04.

 

[stevediaz1]

How do you keep it at that level

 

[Daniel@R2R]

Based on this post...

No im not in the industry im a hobbyist but ive been told this by a store reef shop i buy my corals at i currently have a innovative marine tank nuvo 30L micro i have 3rd gen xp15 pros 2 of them running at 35% brightness on coral lab setting softie/ lps setting
Corals are sitting from the light about 12-17 inches from light thats about midpoint in the center livestock zoas,blastomusa,acan,hammer mostly zoas
Ca440
Mg1320
Alk9.9
Phospate 0.25
78 degrees
Ph8.0
1.025 salinity
Ammonia 0
Nitrate 5
Nitrite 0

and this one...

ok so i got some more info here i found out what par I'm getting with my current settings on my leds and my tank dimensions ill post pics so you can see

Your corals are getting a maximum of 100 PAR. That's way too little. I would suggest bumping your lights up (slowly) to get to at least 85%...I would personally recommend 100% which is what I'm running my radions at.

 

[WWC]

Our facility is running almost 100 % on radions!! FYI

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Sanjay recommends at least 100 PAR on the sand bed. I like 200-250 for clams and Carpet Anemones. I've grown huge colonies of Euphylla under 400 watt 6.5K Iwasakies. For most corals as long as you acclimate the higher light can be beneficial.

I did notice that Acans and Zoas like a nutrient rich low light environment but still at levels higher than you're running.

Our facility is running almost 100 % on radions!! FYI

I'm going to go ahead and take my cues from these guys.

 

[Daniel@R2R]

I'm going to go ahead and take my cues from these guys.

Yep...they know a few things about lights and coral growth...

 

[Pongo]

How do you keep it at that level

I feed 18 fish once a day, 3 types of pellets, 1 - 2 cubes of mysis and 1/4 to 1/2 sheet nori.
I skim wet and my skimmer is over sized.
Water changes are 20% and vary weekly to every other week based on nitrate and phosphate levels.
I have TONS of flow in my tank.

But.....that is only what works for me at this time. There's a millions ways to run a tank.

Find your balance, make changes slowly, have patience. Patience. PATIENCE.

It looks like your phosphate is trending down, so you're headed in the right direction.
Keep checking the level and if it plateaus maybe it's time to change out the GFO.
And some smart and very experienced people have given you good suggestions on changes to your lighting.

 

[joshporksandwich]

Sanjay recommends at least 100 PAR on the sand bed. I like 200-250 for clams and Carpet Anemones. I've grown huge colonies of Euphylla under 400 watt 6.5K Iwasakies. For most corals as long as you acclimate the higher light can be beneficial.

I did notice that Acans and Zoas like a nutrient rich low light environment but still at levels higher than you're running.

Sanjay went to my house... i think he was disgusted lol. Sps guy don't like zoas

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Sanjay went to my house... i think he was disgusted lol. Sps guy don't like zoas

lol. Are you sure it wasn't because he doesn't like IPA's?

 

[Duberz]

Our facility is running almost 100 % on radions!! FYI

I was in your store recently and was told your tank up front with the g4's was at 45%. Now it's 100%?

 

[WWC]

I was in your store recently and was told your tank up front with the g4's was at 45%. Now it's 100%?

Meaning all radions, not percentage of intensity.

 

[Duberz]

Lol ok my bad

 

[stevediaz1]

Meaning all radions, not percentage of intensity.

Whats the difference between brightness and intensity i set my lights in the setting at 40% "BRIGHTNESS" and i noticed each color has a intensity and the values are different so do i set intensity or brightness and what is the difference between the two

 

[WWC]

Think of the left side as a bulb combo for a t5 fixture and the intensity is comparable to how high you keep the same fixture off the water, at least That's how we look at it. Just keep in mind... if you have all of the colors at 50% and the overall is at 50 you are really only running the lights at 25%.

 

[Salty1962]

Our facility is running almost 100 % on radions!! FYI

How high are your lights over your tanks? Is the intensity 100% or just the channels?
Thx

 

[Salty1962]

ok so i got some more info here i found out what par I'm getting with my current settings on my leds and my tank dimensions ill post pics so you can see

I don't believe this an accurate calculator. JME

 

[GoVols]

You should run GFO tumbling in it's own reactor to capture it's full phos, reduction benefit.
Not packed in same reactor with other media.

 

[stevediaz1]

How high are your lights over your tanks? Is the intensity 100% or just the channels?
Thx

I have the rms mount from ecotech made especially for the radions witch would place the lights about 8-9 inches above water level

 

[stevediaz1]

How high are your lights over your tanks? Is the intensity 100% or just the channels?
Thx

And I forgot to mention I set brightness not the intensity so my par levels would be lower I guess