Radion 120 angle lens

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Hey all, as the post says I have a question about the lens. I have an xr15 pro currently equipped with the 90 angle lens. I want to ultimately achieve a wider more even spread light. I have a mixed reef as of now. Some chalices, acros, z/p, scolys, and a hammer colony. I don't have anything to measure the par so I can make the transition as easy as I would like to. Can anyone help shed some light on this situation?
 

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If you spread the beam you will get less par in each specific spot since it's more distributed. Swap it and slowly bump it up a bit.

This is a blind guess but 18" is 2/3 of 24" spread do in theory you will get 2/3 the par you had with the 90 lens (pure assumption!)
 

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When I used a G2 Pro with wide angle lenses the PAR was about 55% or slightly less than with the 90's. But since the output is not truly linear I would increase your settings by no more than 25%, at least in the beginning and see how it goes.
 

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As both people have said so far, go ahead and bump the intensity up, but I would do it using the acclimation program.
 

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