RADION XR15 G4 ENOUGH?

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Hi R2R family:


My next reef tank, it will be a NANO (20inx20inx20in), my question is if a RADION xr15 g4, it will be enough for sps corals, lps and soft corals. I hope you can help me! or give me some feedback, thank you! :)
 

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Hi R2R family:


My next reef tank, it will be a NANO (20inx20inx20in), my question is if a RADION xr15 g4, it will be enough for sps corals, lps and soft corals. I hope you can help me! or give me some feedback, thank you! :)
The recommended spread for an xr15 is 18x18 but you may get some shadowing near the edges.
 

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I think the xr-15 should work great for you. I have a 60g (24x24x24) cube and I'm current running a gen 3 Radion xr-15. I'm about to start diving into SPS but I have been keeping LPS and softies successfully for a couple of years (and im only running my light at 50% intensity). I'm gonna rent a par meter in the next couple weeks to test my Radion before adding sps.
 
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I think the xr-15 should work great for you. I have a 60g (24x24x24) cube and I'm current running a gen 3 Radion xr-15. I'm about to start diving into SPS but I have been keeping LPS and softies successfully for a couple of years (and im only running my light at 50% intensity). I'm gonna rent a par meter in the next couple weeks to test my Radion before adding sps.
holy Molly! really only 50%! thank you very much for the observation
 

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holy Molly! really only 50%! thank you very much for the observation
Radions are very powerful. If you do a little research you'll find most don't exceed 65% intensity and even then many bleach their corals after first installing the light as the underestimate how powerful it actually is
 

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