Nice tank!! 6 lights- sounds like exactly what everyone is saying... or 4 30, or add t5/barsDon’t listen to anyone telling you the 15s won’t work. That’s nonsense.
Assuming you don’t have braces, you’re asking each XR15 to cover an 18*24 area. They are easily capable of this. How do I know? That’s exactly what mine are doing. I get super even coverage and can hit over 400 PAR at my top SPS. I’m between 2-250 PAR on the sand. That’s more than enough light for anything out there. If you’re really worried, grab a 57 or 66” Blade and you’re set
There’s a difference between things surviving and thriving. You got a blade or something between your 15’s on your tank to get them numbers.. maybe gen 4 radions could hit that in the sand but the newer 5 and 6 is really horrible about par! Lucky to get 50-75 in the sand.. on a over lap you might see 100.. look at Charlie’s frags little cube.. he had to run 3 - xr15’s over a 60gal cube to get the par numbers and results he wanted. That’s a 24x24 area sps dominated. It’s been documented and I’ve fallen into the 15 trap myself.
Par reading XR15G6 g6
Par readings 6in below water with mounting height 9in is only 250 with ab+ 100% schedule Intensity?www.reef2reef.com
I’d love to see a par reading of 200-250 in your sand.. I can barely achieve that with 250 w metal halides on an overlap. Is your tank 12” deep? lol.I don’t need the Blade for anything except I had it and love the violet look late at night. I get around 550 PAR with the Blade at 100%. I don’t run it past 70-80% in the day and drop the Radions back to 85-90%.
If you think my tank is surviving and not thriving, we have very different definitions.
I’ve owned every generation of Radions. I’ve PAR tested them all on my own tanks. I’m more than sure I understand how much light they’re putting out and how my own tank is doing.
I’d love to see a par reading of 200-250 in your sand.. I can barely achieve that with 250 w metal halides on an overlap. Is your tank 12” deep? lol.
I have 1000w of halides and reefbrites on my tank.. you mean to tell me a big bad xr15 is more powerful? Buhahahahah.
I’m running phoenix 14k and those are numbers.. I wanna see a par meter on the sand in your tank with the XR 15’s reading 200-250 in the sand…My 250w halides hit 250-300 PAR. Can’t remember if they were Radiums or Reef Brite 20k in this pic. They tested the same just different looks
Here is PAR from 14k Reef Brite 250w halides. Bulbs were pretty new. Like 1-2 weeks tops. This is my old 120 early on.
So yes, 2 XR15s easily outperform a 250w halide. This has been proven at length
I'll have to look more into these! Getting one or 2 to supplement my setup as opposed to more radions might be a good idea and would be cheaper than adding 2 or so radions by a long shot.
I think you will like them. These were designed to be the LED version of T5 bulbs.
agreed, not that hard to follow along- but I'll help you..
agreed, not that hard to follow along- but I'll help you..
Ops 1st sentence stated the tank dimensions(72x24). Not sure where your 72"x18" came from. Nobody said his xr15s wouldn't work, they suggested 6 or add t5 supplement.
Then your 1st statement is not to listen to anybody saying 4 isnt sufficient, that he needs 3, then you show your 6 foot tank with 6 lights.
I’m patiently waiting to see your par meter read 200-250 in the sand with just XR-15’s on…Lol
72/4 is 18. So 18*24 for each light. Again, not tough to follow there.
I showed 6 lights over 72*36. Each section of my tank is 24*36. Cut each section half and you get 24*18. Imagine that.
Math is hard.
Multiple people said they wouldn’t work and to sell them.
And Troy liked your poor math
Your math is wrongs also lol yes 72/4=18 but 36/2=18 so your covering 18x18 not 18x24Lol
72/4 is 18. So 18*24 for each light. Again, not tough to follow there.
I showed 6 lights over 72*36. Each section of my tank is 24*36. Cut each section half and you get 24*18. Imagine that.
Math is hard.
Multiple people said they wouldn’t work and to sell them.
And Troy liked your poor math
Likewise.. so 6 xr15s is appropriate in your mind?Tone doesn't convey in text so just know I’m having fun here
