HELP, new coral with radions

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  1. kwinter1

    kwinter1 Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    Hey guys and girls, been a stranger for a while deer season is another big hobby of mine and its been consuming my time. But nothing like getting some new stuff to respark reefing interest so in that respect I am getting 18 pieces(i think) of sps on friday from wt sps. My question is what do you that have radions set them at while introducing new corals. These are all frags. Thanks for the advice !!
     
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  3. kwinter1

    kwinter1 Corkscrew Tentacle Anemone

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    FaceOfDeceit Hockey Beard

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    Tank depth? Current Radion settings? Depending on those two pieces of info, we can help better.
     
  5. Biocube

    Biocube Giant Squid

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    I would PM Alex (ingtar_shinowa), he has had Radions for a while now, click HERE to PM him. :)
     
  6. elwolfe

    elwolfe Coral Banded Shrimp

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    There's also a thread around here somewhere (started by MikeJRice I believe) where folks have shared their Radion programs. Might be some good suggestions on there....
     
  7. m2434

    m2434 Giant Squid

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    Yeah, not enough info. However, if you can find out the PAR level and bulbs used by WT, then you would want to match the spectral output and adjust slowly. You can find Radion PAR numbers, at given depths, at different setting, online, to get an estimate. For spectrum, that is a little more tricky, but you can sort of guesstimate based on the Kelvin "K" rating (which you can get from the Radion software). When in doubt, a little less PAR will help the corals adapt. Ramp up brightness and change the spectrum slowly.