UtahReefer
Active Member
Ya know… sometimes when you take the time to check with a manufacturer before you purchase you get bit in the tail. I started a IM100 EXT a little over a year ago. This was a transfer from another system. I had 1 XR 15 G6 blue in the previous system. I checked with Echotech to see if a total of 3 units would give me the PAR for my SPS system. I was told it would be no problem. Growth on my acros has been ver slow for the year. Some have browned out, lost color and came back. I didn’t have a PAR meter and trusted what I was told. Boy my big mistake. Just got my hands on a PAR meter and found that though there is 500+ PAR at the top of the tank, a third of the way down the PAR is only 200 to 220
Ish’. Now I see what guys were complaining about. XR 15 G6 Radions do not put out that much penetrating PAR! No wonder acro growth has been slow and everything else took off. That of course mean supplemental lighting . More $$$$$…. Argh!
Ish’. Now I see what guys were complaining about. XR 15 G6 Radions do not put out that much penetrating PAR! No wonder acro growth has been slow and everything else took off. That of course mean supplemental lighting . More $$$$$…. Argh!
