dtum's Pragmatic Reef - 180 Gallons of Adventure

dtum said:
Yes, those 8 hours of blues include all 3 blues that are in Radion. All three channels are at 100 per cent, but overall intensity is at about 75.
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Oh wow nice. Do you go 8 hrs straight only blues or split it like 4blues xxx all channels then 4hrs blues again?
 
dtum said:
Usually go for 8 hours straight.
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So at what point do you run the whites? at the beginning or the end of the cycle and for how long do you run them?

Sorry for all the questions btw . its just that its an interesting approach and proven by you at that.
 
milsaltnewbie07 said:
So at what point do you run the whites? at the beginning or the end of the cycle and for how long do you run them?

Sorry for all the questions btw . its just that its an interesting approach and proven by you at that.
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No worries, my schedule is 8 hours of all blues, then I run some whites for about an hour (usually the time when I am at home and can admire the tank for what it is), then it switches back to blues for about half and hour and goes into a night mode.

Another trick is - I do not run whites at a 100% (or any other channels), after numerous hours of tweaking, here's my magic formula to get an aesthetically good light from Radion Pro G3.

UV - 100%
Royal Blue - 8%
Blue - 100%
White - 41%
Green - 14%
Red - 8%

Try it on your tank, it is pretty awesome.
 
dtum said:
No worries, my schedule is 8 hours of all blues, then I run some whites for about an hour (usually the time when I am at home and can admire the tank for what it is), then it switches back to blues for about half and hour and goes into a night mode.

Another trick is - I do not run whites at a 100% (or any other channels), after numerous hours of tweaking, here's my magic formula to get an aesthetically good light from Radion Pro G3.

UV - 100%
Royal Blue - 8%
Blue - 100%
White - 41%
Green - 14%
Red - 8%

Try it on your tank, it is pretty awesome.
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Thanks will do. I use AI not Radions but I can try those anyways.
 
Congrats on TOTM. Beautiful reef and thank you for the study in LEDs. Is the reason you run RB at 8% purely aesthetic or have you found another reason?

Thanks again,

Kevin
 
Thank you everyone for your congratulations- it is such an honour and joy. More news to come :) anyone who is impatient can check out my YouTube channel.


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kevlow said:
Congrats on TOTM. Beautiful reef and thank you for the study in LEDs. Is the reason you run RB at 8% purely aesthetic or have you found another reason?

Thanks again,

Kevin
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Aesthetic only. I don't care for the look when it is cranked up, but corals do seem to like it.
 
Thank you for being TOTM because I have read this thread more than 5x as well as your write up. It's so well thought out, informed, and helpful. I really appreciate your explanations how you implemented Radion G3 Pro's. Beautiful selection of fish, corals, explanations, and your videos.

I noticed that you run about 1 Radion per linear foot of the tank with the wide angle lens. Was it because of shadowing? How high are you lights above the tank?
 
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