Share your Radion Graph!

JamesWang said:
Hi Ecotech! Old reefer back into the hobby, and just learning about the new developments in technology and marine biology.

Question-

I am planning on getting the JBJ RL-45 to start off, which is 26.5" x 21" x 19" tall.

What lighting would you recommend? I am looking at the XR30w PRO Gen3, but if the smaller XR15 Pro would work well with SPS and without shadows, I would like to save the money to buy one of your Vortechs, the MP10wQD.

Is this the right thread to contact Ecotech Marine? Sorry; a bit illiterate in the "ways of the forum"
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If shadowing is something that bothers you, I don't recommend Led. I find that t5s give the last amount of shadowing.
I just ordered the wide angle lens for my xr30 gen 3 pros and if the shadowing doesn't go away, I'm going back to Me and T5
 
MRJ said:
Alright its time I publish my graph. I have ran side by side 250w metal halide against my radions for 1 year and I have concluded the radion did a much better job with growth and color using this graph. I have helped many people on zeovit forums that struggled with the radion and coral coloration. I personally for the first year did not like the radions. I used them 3 years now. I felt that the pre set graphs are horrible and made me want to sell my fixture because the color just did not seem to be there. After some tweaking I have made a schedule that closely mimics t5 lighting and has show outstanding color in my system as well as a few other zeovit users. I would encourage ecotech to offer this schedule as a preset.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/l2jb1924fg4fapy/MRJ radion graph.etg?dl=0

File can be downloaded here. You will need to set the proper intensity and acclimation for your tank depth. I recommend at 21" on a g3 pro to start at 35-40% and 4 week acclimate to 50-55%, Older models should start around 40-50% and work their way up to 60-65%. My radions are mounted 8" from the water surface. I use 3 over a 75 gallon 48" aquarium. g3 pro on the left side that now replaced the metal halide and keeps up with the 2 older models on the right, g1 and g2 over the right half. I added the extra to help with shadowing issues. The growth is insane under all 4 pucks. I hope any struggling ecotech users come across this and give it a shot. Note water quality is equally as important as lighting. I generally work with zeovit users that maintain a very low nutrient system that can enable maximum coral coloration. Upon switching to this schedule my corals improved in coloration over 6-9 months. They achieved a bright florescent color vs the traditional pastel look to many t5 zeovit tanks.
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I've just loaded this in and look forward to seeing the results. It is very blue and purple, but I quite like it and if it gives my SPS great colour, I'm all up for it.

Will report back with results.

Thanks for sharing this MRJ :)
 
crsturmer said:
I've just loaded this in and look forward to seeing the results. It is very blue and purple, but I quite like it and if it gives my SPS great colour, I'm all up for it.

Will report back with results.

Thanks for sharing this MRJ :)
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crsturmer...how did you load this up? i tried but does not work...please help out
 
If you click on the link in MRJ's post it takes you to a dropbox page where you can download the Radion schedule file. If you have a dropbox account you can sign in and then it downloads the file for you. If not, you can click on "no thanks" and go straight to the download page I think.

Once you have it, it downloads as a .txt for some reason, so you must change the file extension from .txt to .xml. To do it on a mac you just rename it, take off the .txt and replace it with .xml so that the file is called:

MRJ radion graph.etg.xml

Then, sign in to Ecosmart Live. Click on "Schedule Options" on the Radion page and click on "Import Schedule". Locate the file that you have renamed and hit ok, this will import the file into your Ecosmart Live.

Then finally hit "Program Aquarium" in the blue box to upload the new schedule to your Radion.

There you go, expect some crazy colours from this schedule. I really like it, it almost makes my tank look like modern art at some points in the day!

Hope this helps :)
 
crsturmer said:
If you click on the link in MRJ's post it takes you to a dropbox page where you can download the Radion schedule file. If you have a dropbox account you can sign in and then it downloads the file for you. If not, you can click on "no thanks" and go straight to the download page I think.

Once you have it, it downloads as a .txt for some reason, so you must change the file extension from .txt to .xml. To do it on a mac you just rename it, take off the .txt and replace it with .xml so that the file is called:

MRJ radion graph.etg.xml

Then, sign in to Ecosmart Live. Click on "Schedule Options" on the Radion page and click on "Import Schedule". Locate the file that you have renamed and hit ok, this will import the file into your Ecosmart Live.

Then finally hit "Program Aquarium" in the blue box to upload the new schedule to your Radion.

There you go, expect some crazy colours from this schedule. I really like it, it almost makes my tank look like modern art at some points in the day!

Hope this helps :)
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Thanks, I will give it a shot when I get home.
 
No problem. If you have trouble, send me your email address and I can email you the exact file to upload with no messing about renaming.

Chris
 
I don't know how you guys run at 55% with sps. I have a 18 inch tall tank with two gen 3 xr30s and I run them at 85% peak. About 9 inch off water and sps are within a couple inches of surface..
 
diegoluv said:
I don't know how you guys run at 55% with sps. I have a 18 inch tall tank with two gen 3 xr30s and I run them at 85% peak. About 9 inch off water and sps are within a couple inches of surface..
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Are you using the wide angle lenses on your lights? That requires a higher intensity. I tried running mine in the 50s but I had to go higher due to the wide angle lenses
 
aqua1dude said:
Are you using the wide angle lenses on your lights? That requires a higher intensity. I tried running mine in the 50s but I had to go higher due to the wide angle lenses
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I just ordered wide angle lens because 3 is overkill IMO for a 60" tank. Especially when its only 18 inches deep. I was planning on ramping up to 100% when the lenses are installed.
 
I've been using MRJ's preset for a week now and the tank is looking slightly better. The end of the day purple takes some getting used to but I quite like it.

+1 mixed93cube Agree. MRJ can you show us some pics of your tank to back up your preset please.
 
I've stopped using MRJs schedule. I noticed an increase in algae growth. Perhaps something to do with the large amounts of red light? And it's a very long schedule too. Around 16 hours from memory.

I've gone back to my old one that is more blue and around 12 hours long.
 
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