Hey, you do what you want/think is right. I'm just dropping a suggestion.

LED more intense than MH+T5?


Back down to 50%

I think 60% is fine....

I started at 60%, and I think my light may put out more powah....
Not sure though...

I have a lesser light I started at 40%. One week later, everything was roasted. Never even bumped it up to 45%. Just a suggestion.

Went back down to 50% after a good gay talk with Ray. Gay = Happy not that other thing you sickos

Time for a dip in the 510
AKA StevieTub

Haha.

Nice write up, makes me want one too, even though I don't have a tank to put it over ...

I am thinking of using them to light my new garage with

I am new to Nano-reef and the RSM 130, but would just like to say what a great tank you have got!

It has come such a long way since you set it up! Also, a very well documented thread, it along with a couple of other tanks inspired me to get a RSM and I have taken on board many of the modifications that you have made. I hope I can get mine somewhere near the quality to yours!

All the best and keep up the great work, Dan.

Thanks Dan, good luck with the tank

Radion Update December 6th

Increased power to 60% at it's highest output point.

Noticed hair type algae growing around the bottom right corner last week. Could have been due to new light, going through lower kalvin, or from the newly added MP10 which is running on wave mode instead of my MP20 on reefcrest.

Increased power on MP10, swooshed algae around over the weekend and it has not returned.

Tried to avoid any kalvin rating below 12K using the programing

Still have not seen a storm, set one at 7.56pm but they never come. Maybe they are random?

------ end review

Went to crappy LFS last night to use them as an inventory source before my resupply would come in

Their crappy frag tank was down, what a surprise. It was a 90 gallon with a glass top, PC lights, seaclone skimmer (lol), canister filter, and one Koralia for flow. They moved what they had living into another tank and had everything for $10 each

Picked up 5 nice acan frags, 1 favia, 2 blastos
Dipped like carzy, was picky from the start everything looks great today.
May go back for more tonight after work.

send me corlz kthx.

Trade me for MP10 or Amazon Credit?

I only pay in gold bullion or agricultural produce. Federal Reserve Notes are illegitimate currency.

I pay in beef bullion.... Make a deal?

Radion Update December 13, 2011

High point power up to 68% will start tomorrow

EcoTech has released a software and firmware update and they have done a good job.
Natural mode is now released
You can now run a live preview of your settings which is extremely helpful. It was also nice to see what natural mode will look like.
You can set the probability of storms and clouds
Lot of cool software updates too many to list here but bravo on EcoTech to get that out so fast.

I may switch to natural mode someday but for not I have a nice setting going.

Still pleased with the light. Very happy with the software update. Still in awe of what technology has done to this hobby.

Corals are doing well, monti caps on top are loving new light definite polyp extension noticed.

-- end update --

Mp 20 on reef crest is the way to go.

fo so. Ran it that way it's entire life. I kind of miss it the MP10 is still making noise. I figured it would break in but no reduction yet. Have it on wave mode may switch back to reef crest it is a little quieter on it.

Stevie, you upgraded the lighting on this tank twice right? Was the stock light not enough for the corals or color you wanted? What was the reason for the upgrades and did you notice substantial differences?

I've read some threads and a lot of people swear by the stock lighting (on the 130D). I was wondering if supplementing the stock light with an ecoxotic panorama pro LED and some stunner strips would work out, or would it be an over kill so do one or the other?

Thanks.

Thanks for asking that! I want to know the exact same thing. But I think I know what he's going to say.

Also can I get added to the RSM club? I'd be honored.

Thanks for the Radion update Stevie.
Are you now able to 'dial-in' your t-storms?

NP. I had the next scheduled lighting change too close to the storm so it was never goign to go off. There is only a probability of a storm to start with and only giving it a 1/2 hr window made it near 0%. My over thinking self figured a storm would go off at 7.56 pm and that I wouldn't want it for a very long time. They never really explain any of this in the directions.

Now you can set the probability on your own. I have seen one storm so far, GF has seen two. The one I saw happened 1 hr past it's "point" time.



Correct, twice.

It's actually been asked quite a bit here and the reason is it was not entirely for coral growth. It was me wanting to tinker and upgrade in the hobby. I had great growth with SPS and my clam up top with the stock lighting.

The MH was hot at times in the summer and bulky so why not get rid of that for an LED? Then why not get the best LED on the market and try that out. I never had a chiller, used a fan controlled by the RKL but now I won't even need that.

Plus I have storms! hehe



What did you think the answer was going to be?

I'll get you on there tomorrow, it's kind of a two browser process for some stupid reason.

Back to Kat- If you think you need to upgrade on this tank you do not. The stock lighting is actually pretty bright. You are limited to 50/50 bulbs and yes many do those LED strips to improve colors and night effects. I rarely saw my tank at night until I moved it home last year. I actually rarely saw it for over a year.

I thought you were going to say that adding a pair of strip led's under the hood would bump up the heat up a little too much. My tank goes over 80 frequently, so I'm worried I'll need a chiller.

BTW thanks for adding me to the list!

I have heard that the RSM 250 still has heat issues with all lights on and all fans on. Some people claim tank will hit 88 degrees. Chiller is a must with the 250 unless you go open top. You ever get a basket going for the 250 Stevie?

The MP 20 is what my 75 needed. Now one on each end I thank you kindly sir for selling it to me.

WOW ! Simply stunning !!!!!

Do you really think it's the best LED on the market? Looks better than the AI stuff, but have you seen the Vertex Illumina? Pretty snazzy, like a more polished version of what you've got. Heard they just started selling them in the states too

I have no idea. But because I have it on my tank it is the best LED on the market

Hahaha fair enough. Oh and not to hijack your thread, but I had a question for you... you ever build anything for a chaeto refugium instead of running the Tunze? I've been thinking about doing a fuge in the back chamber there, probably no substrate or anything, just a simple chaeto factory. What do you think? I suppose if I put in a little 4" piece of glass at the bottom I could put a substrate in too... ever build a media basket to hold chaeto and/or a submersible LED?

i want one of those soo badly

I have not done this, I personally have never run chaeto. I have been happy with the skimmer and media basket for filtration but I can see this working. Especially if you ditched the skimmer there is tons of room back there.

Yeah, you'll need a chiller on the 250, the lighting is pretty freakin bright.

Basket is in the works, probably out early next year need to have one tested out but there is a prototype made.

Thank you for the monies it went straight to blow for the hooker

Very nice tank Stevie. I'm looking into upgrading to LED also from 150w MH. I wish there was some way I could figure out how to fit one of your media racks in my bc29 but the hob overflow takes up too much room. I think I will look into that Radion fixture.

Does your wife read these threads?

I'm smart and not married, why do you think I still can grow inTank and work 14 hrs per day

Somehow I still have a GF though...



Radion is nice if you have the Cash, i'm sure other great options out there.

It looks like your overflow bracket is just too wide otherwise it would fit. Is there a way of cutting that down? Basket is 3.5" wide and the depth of the chamber, but once inside it sits down to about the top of where the water comes in from chamber one.

Respectable.

FTS!!!!
Right MEOW!!!

Stevie, in conclusion, the stock lights are adequate for SPS but the look of LED's is a better one?

LEDs (or MH) are better for SPS and allow you to keep corals in more locations. But I had good growth with the types of SPS I had up high in the aquarium.

This is what I have right now which will go into the Max, will stock lights be enough?
Red Monti Cap
Hot Pink Stylophora
Neon Green Vermiculata
Bali Green Slimer
Hot Pink Birdsnest thick branch
Yellow Porites
Bird Of Paradise
Pale green Milli
Rainbow Monti
Orange Eye Lepto (requires medium light and flow)
Evil Eye Acan Echinata
Poker Star Monti
ORA Spongodes
ORA Green Birdsnest

Will also be adding more of the "poras".

Probablemente.

I'm not a coral expert but here is what I can advise, take it as is. Wait, what lighting do you have now?

Red Monti Cap - yes
Hot Pink Stylophora don't know
Neon Green Vermiculata don't know
Bali Green Slimer yes, mine went nuts in the RSM
Hot Pink Birdsnest thick branch yes, med to high
Yellow Porites don't know
Bird Of Paradise don't know
Pale green Milli maybe up high
Rainbow Monti yes
Orange Eye Lepto (requires medium light and flow) yes
Evil Eye Acan Echinata yes
Poker Star Monti yes
ORA Spongodes don't know
ORA Green Birdsnest yes

I can't keep birdsnest alive, no idea why so good for you

Right now I have a BC14 with LED's and the SPS list above are frags, doing well.



Really?

Yes.

But I would still accent with your LEDs.

Sigh. Stevie, what is he talking about, a Stevie T tubing mod?

Well if you would use the index on the first page you would know

http://www.nano-reef.com/forums/index.php?...t&p=2303047

The index points to pages, not posts. Then you have to scroll through the page for the elusive post the index refers to, reading along the way and getting side tracked.......

Life is hard.

Later on I figured out how and changed it so it went to toasts.

A mod for your mod.

Happy 2012 Stevie. New Year resolutions?

Happy New Year Ms. Kat!

1. Start smoking
2. drink more
3. work out less
4. save less money
5. spend more money

I'd say that's a good start

It sounds hilarious when you do the chinese fortune cookie thing and add "in bed" at the end of each...