drummerboyevil
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TLDR: People that have experience with both the kessil and G4 radions (or even hydras)... have you noticed better SPS colors during LED only lighting? I run halide/T5 for the actual full light hours so I'm not worried about par or shading from the LEDs. I just want the best color rendition for the off peak lighting hours.
I light my 30x30x24 cube with a 24" geisemann spectra. 400watt Radium 3x actinic plus and one purple plus.
I still find that the one kessil 160 that I have angled in from the front corner adds a lot of the pop that the halide and t5 doesn't do. I was originally looking at adding another kessil 160 since the single unit isn't nearly enough for the actinic only hours.
I recently saw some sps under hydra 26 lights and was extremely impressed with the colors and it has me thinking that maybe I'd like a little more control-ability for the LED only hours.
The other thing that I'm noticing is that while the kessil does have a very cool shimmer, I'm starting to feel that it distracts from the sps colors at night. I want to say that it disorients me haha
I'm now thinking about trying an xr15 pro gen 4 side by side with the kessil to see if I can get colors that I like a little more than the kessil. If I really like it and see a difference I'll purchase a second one and run them retrofit on the sides of the spectra, slightly angled in.
I light my 30x30x24 cube with a 24" geisemann spectra. 400watt Radium 3x actinic plus and one purple plus.
I still find that the one kessil 160 that I have angled in from the front corner adds a lot of the pop that the halide and t5 doesn't do. I was originally looking at adding another kessil 160 since the single unit isn't nearly enough for the actinic only hours.
I recently saw some sps under hydra 26 lights and was extremely impressed with the colors and it has me thinking that maybe I'd like a little more control-ability for the LED only hours.
The other thing that I'm noticing is that while the kessil does have a very cool shimmer, I'm starting to feel that it distracts from the sps colors at night. I want to say that it disorients me haha
I'm now thinking about trying an xr15 pro gen 4 side by side with the kessil to see if I can get colors that I like a little more than the kessil. If I really like it and see a difference I'll purchase a second one and run them retrofit on the sides of the spectra, slightly angled in.
