D Z Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 See I think it has more of the looks than functionality, any other ideas for something to house both other than a wooden floating canopy? What, no love for floating wooden canopies??? https://flic.kr/p/otRy67'>https://flic.kr/p/otRy67'>20140816_220838 by https://www.flickr.com/people/89326890@N03/'>cchsoracle, on Flickr In all seriousness, have you checked out CNC Reef? They are a sponsor on here and have a pretty bada$$ hybrid enclosure. It's a bit pricey and would be more work as you would have to remove the pucks from the radion, but would be an awesome light unit when done. Otherwise, I can't really think of something that would work well to house a radion and T5s that isn't a custom built wooden canopy.... 4 Quote Link to comment
Arkayology Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 See I think it has more of the looks than functionality, any other ideas for something to house both other than a wooden floating canopy? Would the Radion even fit inside the fixture shell? My idea was to make a metal bracket that the radion would attach to. The T5 bulbs would attach to that bracket as well. It would be similar to Alex's setup, but instead of a nanobox fixture it would have the radion. Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Would the Radion even fit inside the fixture shell? Not unless you want it to fry. 1 Quote Link to comment
Jstn Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Not unless you want it to fry. How so? I think the fan works well, my radion never feels warm. Would the Radion even fit inside the fixture shell? My idea was to make a metal bracket that the radion would attach to. The T5 bulbs would attach to that bracket as well. It would be similar to Alex's setup, but instead of a nanobox fixture it would have the radion. Its going to be tough to make it look good, any links to "alex's" setup? The mico retros would be hard to make look good where those enclosed ones might look better but not produce as much par. On the other hand im sure we dont need more par as in the T5 is for color supplement along with decreasing shadowing. Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 How so? I think the fan works well, my radion never feels warm. Heat kills LEDs. Everything should be very well-ventilated. Quote Link to comment
Arkayology Posted August 27, 2014 Author Share Posted August 27, 2014 Its going to be tough to make it look good, any links to "alex's" setup? The mico retros would be hard to make look good where those enclosed ones might look better but not produce as much par. On the other hand im sure we dont need more par as in the T5 is for color supplement along with decreasing shadowing. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=22633242 http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/342489-my-nanobox-powered-zeovit-cadlightminus-the-zeovit/ Quote Link to comment
Jstn Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 True but, the amount of heat transfer on the radion to the side or top seems to be minimal from my limited observations. I think with the fan pointed downwards it would suffer minimally from being in an enclosure, especially with the bottom exposed. http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?p=22633242 http://www.nano-reef.com/topic/342489-my-nanobox-powered-zeovit-cadlightminus-the-zeovit/ I see, nice setup. I wonder if more of a proper enclose/floating canopy would help reduce the light that bleeds out above the tank which I find partially annoying? Quote Link to comment
Alex B Posted August 27, 2014 Share Posted August 27, 2014 The light spillage in my setup was mostly because of height. The light was a tad high for acclimation. It's wayyyy less now that the light is lower. 1 Quote Link to comment
picoreef78 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Are you running the radions at 100%? Have mine at 70% thinking about another small bump up. Quote Link to comment
Arkayology Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 Are you running the radions at 100%?Have mine at 70% thinking about another small bump up. No. I run max at 55%. My schedule is on the first page of the thread. Quote Link to comment
Arkayology Posted September 2, 2014 Author Share Posted September 2, 2014 So... I got married! (I'm the guy on the right ) 23 Quote Link to comment
Dramad1 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Now your trapped forever. Lol. Jk and congrats. Time to make babys. 3 Quote Link to comment
NorthGaHillbilly Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 So... I got married! (I'm the guy on the right ) Congrats man, Im 2 months in, its a really cool step in life. Yall have fun 3 Quote Link to comment
jedimasterben Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 A couple months and it'll be five years for me, the ball and chain are heavy! j/k congrats! 2 Quote Link to comment
Chris! Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 So... I got married! (I'm the guy on the right ) Congrats 1 Quote Link to comment
mpsti05 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Woot woot! Congrats bro! Quote Link to comment
4x5 Posted September 2, 2014 Share Posted September 2, 2014 Congrats, that's great. Quote Link to comment
Arkayology Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 Got home today from the wedding today. Water level was really low. I think params were swinging. I have to frag my Hawkins and green slimer. They are really rtn'd. I lost my pink lemonade acro. Lost my other cleaner shrimp as well. Everything else is fine. I'm going to get a larger Ato reservoir. Quote Link to comment
PODPIMP Posted September 3, 2014 Share Posted September 3, 2014 Got home today. Water level was really low. I think params were swinging. I have to frag my Hawkins and green slimer. They are really rtn'd. I lost my pink lemonade acro. Lost my other cleaner shrimp as well. Everything else is fine. I'm going to get a larger Ato reservoir. Damn that sucks. How far off was salinity? Quote Link to comment
Arkayology Posted September 3, 2014 Author Share Posted September 3, 2014 Sad face Pretty much. I made emergency frags of everything. Time to start over... again... This is the 3rd time I have lost a tennis ball sized colony of hawkins and had to emergency frag it to a nub and start all over. Damn that sucks. How far off was salinity? Not very much. It was 1.207. I normally keep it at 1.206. My DKH was a bit high at 10.2 though. Ca was 360ppm, so a little low. All the corals that RTN'd while I was gone were ones that stung each other. I half expected to come home to them dead anyways. Now I guess I have some room for a couple new frags though! Quote Link to comment
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