Unexpected PAR results with XR15 Gen 6 Blue

[Bob Weigant]

Didn’t think a $500 light needed additional lighting at the time I bought it . I’m going to looking into that now or similar

agree with ya

 

[TheTipsyDragon]

These are my PAR readings using a Radion XR15 G6 Blue, running AB+ at 100% intensity. Tank is a Red Sea Max Nano G2 XL.

Readings taken with ITC Parwise.

I expected much stronger readings, especially closer to the light.

Numbers in green are readings from the substrate.

I presume I’d need to add reefbrites or similar in order to successfully keep Acros and other SPS in the future? Any advice?

Thank you very much .

its simply because the default lens they ship it with is so wide angle that it cuts the power in half. Spend the $20 for the high power lens they sell. It doubled my par throughout my tank and found no reduction in spread inside my tank. 400ish par 7 in open air direct center to 860ish pa 7 in open air direct center. I dont know why they dont ship them with this by default.

 

[CJWilliams]

its simply because the default lens they ship it with is so wide angle that it cuts the power in half. Spend the $20 for the high power lens they sell. It doubled my par throughout my tank and found no reduction in spread inside my tank. 400ish par 7 in open air direct center to 860ish pa 7 in open air direct center. I dont know why they dont ship them with this by default.

I didn’t even know that was a thing. Thanks for the info!

 

[Shanephillips27]

Does AB+ have the white, red, and green at very low intensity on these lights?

On the pro model yes on the blues it’s every channel at 100 then you pick overall intensity and find a good balance