Radiums!!!!

revhtree · Jul 18, 2008

Just put (2) 250w Radiums over my tank and saaaaaawweeeeettt!

I love them they are awesome!!

Should I acclimate my corals to them? I had Hamilton 14ks over them for 9 months.

I'll get some pics shortly!

MarvinsReef · Jul 18, 2008

just put one sheet of screen over them just in case.. IME, newer bulbs are much brighter than older bulbs so corals might need just a little bit of acclimation time... maybe 2-3 days will suffice...

Radiums are the bombdigitty!!!! :D

oceanparadise1 · Jul 18, 2008

I agree with marvinsreef, do what he says and you should be fine.

143gadgets · Jul 18, 2008

I love Radiums as well. It's gotta be the BEST 20K bulb on the market.

oceanparadise1 · Jul 18, 2008

Yea they are pretty awsome bulbs!

EliteReefs · Jul 18, 2008

been using them for 8 years now. used to be by far the hardest bulb to find since there orginal intent was not for the aquarium trade. Just turns out they work great for our tanks. They were originaly made for glass manufacturers in germany that made the glass for subs. somthing about the way it would show inperfections better then regular bulbs.

great par for a 20k bulb. The color you get from your corals is nothing short is spectacular. The only con is the price and life span.

to get the very best numbers out of this buld magnetic ballast are the only way to go. the have a different color and lower par number when run on electronic

salt newbie01 · Jul 18, 2008

I LOVE mine as well very sweet color - the corals just POP under these bulbs. I would agree to aclimate for atleast a few days maybe even a week or so to be safe. I have been surprised at how intense they are for a 20k bulb.

I have not heard that about magnetic ballast. One of our local guys tried to run the bulb on magnetic ballast and they wouldnt fire correctly - flickered and went out. From what he learned you have to run electronic ballast to fire them. What type of magnetic ballast are you running?? What type of ballast are you running Dave??

:nopic:

sorry dave I had to!! :D

reefermadness · Jul 18, 2008

I have been running mine for 6 months now....They are a very intense bulb, and my SPS have been thriving underneath them. Here is a picture of them fired...

revhtree · Jul 18, 2008

Thanks for the tips guys..

Patrick I am running them on a 250w aro electronic ballast.

143gadgets · Jul 18, 2008

In order to run them you need either an M80 HQI ballast or an electronic ballast. I like the bluer look so I decided to use electronics.

143gadgets · Jul 18, 2008

Here are some of my latest shots under the radiums.

Paintguru · Jul 18, 2008

I must admit, I'm not sure I'll get Radiums again (mine are 250W on HQI). When I moved a frag down to my frag tank, which has a 14K Hamilton DE, I definitely got more of a pop in color. Not sure if it was just the specific color of the bulb or not, but overall, I'm not yet sold on getting another set.

MarvinsReef · Jul 18, 2008

salt newbie01 said:
I LOVE mine as well very sweet color - the corals just POP under these bulbs. I would agree to aclimate for atleast a few days maybe even a week or so to be safe. I have been surprised at how intense they are for a 20k bulb.

I have not heard that about magnetic ballast. One of our local guys tried to run the bulb on magnetic ballast and they wouldnt fire correctly - flickered and went out. From what he learned you have to run electronic ballast to fire them. What type of magnetic ballast are you running?? What type of ballast are you running Dave??

:nopic:

sorry dave I had to!! :D

robharold · Jul 18, 2008

I can assure you I will never buy radiums. I use reefoptics. They are great bulbs with excellent color and are half the price of any other on the market. Check them out at www.reefopticslighting.com.

salt newbie01 · Jul 18, 2008

That's what I'm talking about!! Sweet picks!! Alright Dave Your thread we need your pics!! lol !!

reefermadness · Jul 18, 2008

Marv, that mandarin in the superman monti is one of the best pics I have seen in a while. We have some great photo's submitted in the forums....But that one is just awesome for a non $3K camera......

Let me know when you frag those bad boys...I would love to pick some up.

Thanks,

Brad

JuniorMC8704 · Jul 18, 2008

OK marv...we need to talk...

how are you going to get that sweet favia and not let a brotha know?

thats crap!:horse:

MarvinsReef · Jul 18, 2008

reefermadness said:
Marv, that mandarin in the superman monti is one of the best pics I have seen in a while. We have some great photo's submitted in the forums....But that one is just awesome for a non $3K camera......

Let me know when you frag those bad boys...I would love to pick some up.

Thanks,

Brad

and only a $5 salad bowl for top down box to boot.. :hammer:

JuniorMC8704 said:
OK marv...we need to talk...

how are you going to get that sweet favia and not let a brotha know?

thats crap!:horse:

well, it's all about the Dragon Skin lords... LoLz...

I took an advance reef fund from July and August to afford this bad boy... and the funny thing is she came from my original frag last year... LoLz...