took the plunge

[jfuka78]

I ran a 180 with mh on the sides and radion in middle. Well an outlet went out on my controller that controlled one of my mh. I removed the halide and slid over my radion.

I have the radion set to come on at 9am ramp up till noon 80% 12k till 4pm then 20k 90% till 7pm and ramp down. So a week in no color loss, one coral is possibily showing a little new clor. More time will tell, but right now I am happy.

 

[GhostCon1]

Nice, when do they finally shut off?

 

[jfuka78]

Just before 9 they go out.

Two weeks in, noticed my zoas coloring looking better, birds of paradise regaining color after being moved from a lower light area to under the radion. Jury is still out on the main Sps frags and colonies, definitely no loss of color though. I will keep this updated. Possible pics later on.

 

[jfuka78]

Three weeks in I noticed that a few colonies have regained some color some have lost some. When looking at the tank from the top adding some frags, I am note if I am totally satisfied. I will lower intensity down to around 65-70% tomorrow and see what happens

I have a question about intensity setting. When the lights are fading on and off and say the intensity is 85% and set to 20k fading off from 6-9. Do the lights maintain the 85% untill they are off or does the intensity lower as the lights go out?