What would you pick? XR15 blue with which AI Blade?

[Lolleo]

Hello, I thought it might be a interesting discussion as I am looking to get two AI blade to complement my XR15 blues to raise the par in my tank. Which of the two would you add to a Radion blue. Would you add a grow or a glow ? This post could be also used along side a XR 30 blue as well!

 

[Spare time]

Depends on which spectrum you want to emphasize. I'd pick grow personally but then again I don't care about the "glow" anymore since I've had coral for so long and seen so many lol

 

[Lolleo]

Depends on which spectrum you want to emphasize. I'd pick grow personally but then again I don't care about the "glow" anymore since I've had coral for so long and seen so many lol

I was thinking a grow too because of the xr already being the blue why add more of the blue/violet colorish. I would even say my tank is a little too blue with my xr 15 blues and could use a little bit more white.

 

[Spare time]

I was thinking a grow too because of the xr already being the blue why add more of the blue/violet colorish. I would even say my tank is a little too blue with my xr 15 blues and could use a little bit more white.

I want to see the grow with higher white settings but I've seen 0 videos of people doing that. I almost wonder if the freshwater version would be better.

 

[Lolleo]

I want to see the grow with higher white settings but I've seen 0 videos of people doing that. I almost wonder if the freshwater version would be better.

I will say I have not seen a single video of a freshwater version over a reef tank yet. I wonder the same if it would be better as a white supplement light but at the same time I doubt the par of the freshwater one is as good as the grow/glow someone would have to dig into that but maybe as a supplement light it would do good, just don't know yet as they are so new.

 

[hart24601]

I run my grow with the whites at three times the levels of the other two channels for a whiter look that I prefer. I don’t think a video can really capture the look though.

 

[Lolleo]

I run my grow with the whites at three times the levels of the other two channels for a whiter look that I prefer. I don’t think a video can really capture the look though.

Do you run it as its own fixture or supplement?

 

[Spare time]

I run my grow with the whites at three times the levels of the other two channels for a whiter look that I prefer. I don’t think a video can really capture the look though.

Take a pic and use Adobe Lightroom. It helps in allowing you to make a pic more like real life

 

[hart24601]

Do you run it as its own fixture or supplement?

I supplement 2 kessil 360x and I run those quite white as well, I set the blade to match the color close as I can.

if setting the tank up from scratch I would probably stick with blades only and ditch the kessils but I got them used for cheap.

 

[hart24601]

There are few photos and video on my build thread

Build Thread - IM 150 EXT soft coral lagoon and dartfish shoal

Been 3 months since full test No3 5-10 Po4 0.1 Silicates 0-1 -I can’t tell if any I dumped a ton of spongexcel in so the system uses it preset darn quick. I also give it a pour of diy phosphate time to time. Seems to be working. didn’t test calcium or alk since no hard corals.

www.reef2reef.com

 

[Lolleo]

There are few photos and video on my build thread

Build Thread - IM 150 EXT soft coral lagoon and dartfish shoal

Been 3 months since full test No3 5-10 Po4 0.1 Silicates 0-1 -I can’t tell if any I dumped a ton of spongexcel in so the system uses it preset darn quick. I also give it a pour of diy phosphate time to time. Seems to be working. didn’t test calcium or alk since no hard corals.

www.reef2reef.com

Very nice build! A little too white for me but everyone is allowed to like what they like and I will say for a whiter tank it looks really good IMO.

 

[hart24601]

Very nice build! A little too white for me but everyone is allowed to like what they like and I will say for a whiter tank it looks really good IMO.

Yeah I originally wanted a fish only tank and blues wash out their colors, I then changed plans to a softie tank for something different from the acro tanks I had before. With fish and many softies non-fluorescent having blues tend to mute those colors and over time I started liking whiter tanks in general. If I crank up the blues on this system all I really do is lose most of the color.

 

[Lolleo]

Yeah I originally wanted a fish only tank and blues wash out their colors, I then changed plans to a softie tank for something different from the acro tanks I had before. With fish and many softies non-fluorescent having blues tend to mute those colors and over time I started liking whiter tanks in general. If I crank up the blues on this system all I really do is lose most of the color.

I agree a tank with colorful fish and mainly softies like that and some acro tanks they can look amazing with pure white like especially if you want authentic colors from the fish.

 

[rtparty]

The freshwater is very white/yellow. Use the Grow and bump the whites. You can make the grow surprisingly white if you want.

I use the FW version for my chaeto. It’s greats for that but I wouldn’t use it over my tank.