Hi Merdel,
I am currently running my Gen 3's at 45% and getting awesome growth, stuff is growing from the rock and i have no idea what it is. I found anything more that the 45% my acan's would pale and close up, even at 45% i have to put them on the sand bed, some of them are doing ok on the rocks in the middle but the ones that weren't i have put back onto the bed and they have come back to normal colour.
I would set up the acclimate mode for around 3 weeks and work your way up to a max of 50% in MHO. They will be more intense without the wide angle lenses so maybe even lower than this until you get them. I don't believe the Gen 1 are as powerful as the 3's but still i would not underestimate them especially being a couple of inches off the water.
I am currently running my Gen 3's at 45% and getting awesome growth, stuff is growing from the rock and i have no idea what it is. I found anything more that the 45% my acan's would pale and close up, even at 45% i have to put them on the sand bed, some of them are doing ok on the rocks in the middle but the ones that weren't i have put back onto the bed and they have come back to normal colour.
I would set up the acclimate mode for around 3 weeks and work your way up to a max of 50% in MHO. They will be more intense without the wide angle lenses so maybe even lower than this until you get them. I don't believe the Gen 1 are as powerful as the 3's but still i would not underestimate them especially being a couple of inches off the water.
Hey mate, I just got 2 gen 1 radions for a decent price and am going to pop them in my rsm 250 hood like you did. I've read all your posts but through your trial and error what power % do you suggest I start them at now?(coming from t5). And I'll need to buy some lenses for them so I'm guessing I go the wide lenses? Thanks