- I'm Thomas, and I'm about to answer
the top five most frequently asked questions
about the Radion XR30 Blue.
Starting with,
what's the difference between the XR30 Blue
and the XR30 Pro?
The main difference between the Radion Blues
and the Radion Pros is the selection of LED colors
that are used in each of the fixtures.
The Radion Pro uses
Ecotech's historically successful combination
of cool white, warm white, royal blue,
blue, violet, 415 nanometer UV,
405 nanometer UV, green, and photo red,
to create a well-rounded spectrum
with all channels set to a 100%
that is able to provide corals
and other photosynthetic organisms
with the energy they require
while appearing visually bright and natural.
The Radion Blue on the other hand,
focuses much more heavily on the blue spectrum
and swaps out the warm white
and green diodes for cyan and lime diodes.
And instead of a total of 30 white spectrum LEDs,
it has just six, with the other 24 diodes shifted over
to the blue end of the spectrum,
so that when the Radion Blue has all channels set to 100%,
it creates the very popular Coral Lab's AB+ spectrum
that many Radion pro users for tuning their fixtures to
by tuning down those whites, reds, and greens.
So for those who prefer that super popular AB+ spectrum,
the Radion Blue means you can turn the fixture up
to a 100% on all channels
and not have to lose any wattage
or par that you would normally be losing
by turning down several channels on the pro fixtures.
How high do you mount the Radion XR30 Blue?
The recommended mounting height for Radion fixtures
is between eight inches
and nine inches off of the surface of the water.
If you use the RMS mounting system from Ecotech,
the RMS will hold the fixtures right at that height.
So rest assured,
your Radion will be at the optimal mounting height
for the best possible spread
and overall par performance.
Or should I say par-formance?
Yeah, okay, I'll stop.
How do you set up an Ecotech Radion XR30 Blue?
Once you get your Radion unboxed,
you can attach it to your mounting option of choice,
place it over your tank, and then plug it into power.
Next, download the Mobius app to your smart device,
and then create an account and log in.
Name your tank and the app will automatically detect
any Ecotech devices nearby
and they will populate on the screen.
You can then tap on the Radion light fixture icon.
Then the app will you through a simple setup,
starting with what time you'd like the schedule to start
and then what time you'd like it end,
followed by what spectrum template you'd like to start with,
and since it's a Radion Blue,
chances are you're gonna stick with that AB+ spectrum.
Once you confirm your selection,
you can see a preview on your schedule and you're all done.
Really easy.
How do you control the Radion XR30 Blue?
You can control your Radion XR30 Blue using the Mobius app
on any old Android or iOS smart device.
The app allows for both a quick setup,
like the one we just went over,
as well as full on detailed control of each LED channel,
overall intensity, moonlighting and more
to create custom light schedules that can be as complex
or as simple as you'd like them to be.
The app also offers an acclimation mode,
so you can temporarily dim your lighting
and have it slowly ramp up to the maximum intensity
over several days or weeks,
so that you can comfortably transition new corals
to the tank,
or your current corals to your new Radion lighting.
And there are also fun modes like disco,
so you can show off your crazy cool lighting
to your friends and family.
How long should LED lights be on in a reef tank?
In most cases,
a reef tank is going to have somewhere between 9
and 12 hours of daylight over the course of the day,
depending on a few factors,
including what the maximum intensity on the light is
and how long it takes the light to ramp up to
and back down from that maximum intensity.
But for the average reefer, a 10-hour light cycle
that takes one hour to ramp from 0% to 100%
of the maximum intensity for the sunrise,
eight hours of that maximum intensity for the daylight,
and one hour ramped down from 100% to 0%
for the sunset will be a good length of time
that most reefers should be successful with.
Just keep in mind that's 100% of the maximum intensity.
So if your goal is LPS and soft corals,
and your Radion only needs to be at 20% overall intensity
to provide the right range of par
for those corals in your tank,
when your scheduled ramps from 0% to 100%
of the maximum intensity,
it's actually going from 0% to 20%,
staying at 20% and then ramping back down to 0%.
It is a very important distinction to make,
the maximum intensity that you set your fixture to,
in this case, 20% is separate
of the ramping intensity of the actual schedule.
So if you set the light to 20%
and your schedule ramps from 0 to 100%,
it will be a 0 to 100% ramp
between actual 0 and 20% maximum intensity,
since that's what you capped your fixture to.
Hopefully that makes sense.
If you wanna be able to take full advantage
of that Coral Lab's AB+ spectrum,
and prefer that bluer look to your tank
with all of that crazy coral color pop
and the XR30 Blues match your reefing mantra,
you can pick one up for yourself by clicking right here.
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