40 Breeder Led lighting

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GoVols1983

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I need help deciding between Ai Vegas or Radions for my 40B. The tank is still relatively new and only has a few corals, but I plan to make it a mixed tank with mostly LPS and some SPS. I was going to go the DIY route, but decided to leave it open topped. The wife(or me for that matter) will not go for a mess of wires hanging from the ceiling over the tank. I like that both have close to full spectrum lighting for my viewing pleasure and enough power to grow anything. I 'm wondering whether or not I can get away with one Radion or Radion Pro? I know I will need two Vegas as they don't have quite the spread. I would love to here from people with experience with both.
 
Might consider the 27" Maxspect Razor also. I love mine on my 40 breeder. Looks very nice even when hung over tank.
 
I have decided on the Radion as I like the fact that it will communicate with my Vortech and I think I can get by with one. Now to decide if it is worth getting the pro. Any thoughts?
 
Well, my logic is that since I have no corals at within 3 inches of either side I sould have decent coverage if I hang the fixture 12" off the wate, but if it really isn't going to work I may go with 2 vegas. Anyone else want to chime in? Also, Go Vols!
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1jEXoAwATRw

It is possible to run just the 1 radion but I would make sure it at least has the TIR lenses. The pro would probably be best but that's a ton of money. When I was looking at all the options for my 40 breeder, the cost of multiple units was my deciding factor for getting the Maxspect, that and the fact I don't care about lightning.
 
Here are a couple. The light was at 30% on the white channel and 50% on the blue with the fixture hung at 10" above the water.

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GoVols1983 said:
Did you get a disco effect by using the tank mounts or did you just prefer the look of hanging it?
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Honestly no disco affect at all. I hung mine to get it higher for better spread and ease of maintenance. The tank mounts look ok and work well just not high enough off the tank for my liking. I also had my old fixture hung above the tank so the holes were already there.
 
And of course they only have a 10k. Sheesh. They have the Radion and Pro as well as the Vega. I seems like 2 Vegas my be my most complete option or one Radion.

Vegas + control and rails - Gift card = 769.99
Radion Pro + hanging kit = 549.99
Radion Gen 2 + hanging kit = 249.99 or $950 for 2
 
Have you looked at other LED's. I have Vega's on my 125g reef, but I am getting a Reef Breeders 32" photon for a 65g I am setting up to try. Good price, and the people that have them seem to like them.
 
I have an aversion to the Chinese stuff, however I would be interested in their Supernova as it uses Cree Led's. It doesn't say when it comes out though.
 
I know they are, but I prefer the Osram, Cree, and Luxeons to the Bridgelux. Also the aesthetics are much nicer on the name brand fixtures. Again, the Supernova @ $499 with the higher end LED's would make me push aside the aesthetics.
 
After all that I have decided to stick with my current light (Innovative Marine Skkye) for a few months to see what else comes out. I used the gift card fork an Apex lite with the wxm module to control the vortechs, lights, heater and pumps.
 
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