Help with lighting. Radion gen 5 XR 30 blue

[ID-Reefer]

Been out of the hobby for a while. Last time I had a system I ran VHO fluorescents with no real controls like today.

I recently set up a reefer 900 and am running the XR30 gen 5 lights. I’ve played around with mobius but really have no idea what I’m doing. The system is new with a few fish and just a couple softies and small frag of zoas.

is there a good tutorial or an easy way to learn to manage this? It’s amazing to have this amount of control but overwhelming at the same time. Currently I have them on a fairly low intensity setting (I think). How does one learn what to set things at? Do I need a par meter to do it right or can I just run a template?

Im sure this is simple for some but seems like rocket surgery to me.

 

[dank reefer]

Do you know what the end goal is going to be for the tank? Are you going to keep SPS, LPS at all?
The templates that are offered to you (AB+, Radiant) are really good presets but the most important thing is getting the right amount of light for your corals. If you can rent a par meter, that would be your best bet as you will know what and were you can place corals in the future, and also not run the chance of bleaching or blasting corals with too much light.

There are a couple of vid's on YouTube that show how to manipulate Mobius. At fist it looks complicated, but once you get the hang of it, it's pretty easy.

BTW... Welcome back to the hobby

 

[ID-Reefer]

Do you know what the end goal is going to be for the tank? Are you going to keep SPS, LPS at all?
The templates that are offered to you (AB+, Radiant) are really good presets but the most important thing is getting the right amount of light for your corals. If you can rent a par meter, that would be your best bet as you will know what and were you can place corals in the future, and also not run the chance of bleaching or blasting corals with too much light.

There are a couple of vid's on YouTube that show how to manipulate Mobius. At fist it looks complicated, but once you get the hang of it, it's pretty easy.

BTW... Welcome back to the hobby

Yes both SPS and LPS. Have frags of both in the tank now and seem to be doing well.

I was hoping to borrow a par meter but the LFS that I frequent don't have one to loan out so Id have to buy one. At the moment Im just watching the coral close to hopefully avoid burning anything.

 

[Brett S]

You can rent a PAR meter from BRS if you don’t want to buy one and can’t find one to rent locally.

 

[dank reefer]

another option for a par meter is to see if any local reef clubs have one to rent. Join the club and rent the meter, and this option will be 2 fold as you will have access to a par meter, and also be able to geek out with other fellow reefers in your area.