Violet UV LEDs and Zoas/Palys

[A. Grandis]

Radion pros have blue white red green and uv. I have them and my zoos and Pallys are huge and multiply like crazy.

Any LED fixtures could have those colors.
The UV is a plus for that fixture and a promise for future improvements.
I do hope to see a LED fixture that will provide the same or even better results than T5s in the long run.

Too bad I don't have the money and time to feed the LED market.
Besides that, my T5s are great and working wonderful for many years, so"¦

I'm very glad your zoas are huge and multiplying like crazy!!
Could you please share here what is your system about, like water parameters, maintenance schedule and others?
That should help lots of friends here to manage their own tanks using LEDs, so they can try to get same results.
Thanks in advance!! :thumbsup:

Grandis.

 

[Tszat]

Radion pros have blue white red green and uv. I have them and my zoos and Pallys are huge and multiply like crazy.

We just switched from metal halides to LEDs.... So much more fun to play with. .. ..

 

[jabudda]

For my system, I have a cadlight 50g cube with the AI Vega mounted about 10 inches off the water and at 20% white, 10% green & red and all the blues at 40%. This is at peak ramp up on the led. My zoos seem to be doing very well at the top with medium flow from the EcoTech mp10 set the lowest setting on both power heads.

 

[jabudda]

The tank maintenance is as follows: No chemicals are added, just water changes twice per week of 3 gallons each change(I don't like to add stuff and 6 gallon weekly changes seems to keep things in check, when I test for stuff both at home and the fish store they are amazed at the water quality) I have a GFO Reactor in the sump, some carbon and mangroves & chaeto. My tank consists of a clean up crew & 4 fish, 2 clowns & 2 Gobies, Golden Head goby and diamond goby. The water is kept at 80 degrees and salinity at 1.025. I have never added calcium to any of my reef setups, I prefer doing frequent water changes and have been doing this method for the last 20 years with great success.

I feed 3 times per week with DT Photoplankton & Rods Coral food. Not sure which corals eat what, but they all get a little something. I don't target feed. Some nights I see all sorts of stuff reproducing in the water & the various corals have their tentacles extended.

 

[jabudda]

In my other aquariums I have SPS and LPS using the same water change method. Along with some Red & Green Goniopora that I have had for a couple of years.