RADION XR15 G4 ENOUGH?

[Uscanga2311]

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!

 

[Homelander]

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.

 

[hyprc]

Yes. The XR-15 G4 will meet your needs.

 

[SWSooner]

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.

 

[Uscanga2311]

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

 

[SWSooner]

holy Molly! really only 50%! thank you very much for the observation

I'll post my results when I test my par this week. I think my current schedule is the "High Growth" schedule but I might switch over to AB+.

 

[hyprc]

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