Radion XR30w on planted tank

[gregadc]

Hi everyone...
I decided to experiment and document making of my new planted tank.The reason of doing so is test of new lamp which gains on popularity and hooked me up on LED completely.
It's going to be very nice shaped opti white,costume made tank.60cm-60cm-50 H
The reason for doing this thread is purely informative,for myself and for anyone who's looking for any info regarding Radion lamps above planted tanks.I myself couldn't find anything.(?)
Let's start the fun...
Tank after few weeks of waiting for me having time for it...


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Sumatra driftwood goes in


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Some Pagoda Rocks added:

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Woods were removed for laying of heating cable

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Decorations back in the tank

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Time for substrates...

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Power sand

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[gregadc]

Amazonia soil


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Addindg some water befor starting planting...


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I decided to use product from world of terrariums.
Hygrolon,magic always wet "spongy" material...


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Let's moss up!


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Cryptocoryne parva


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hygrophila araguaia



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ludwigia inclinata var. verticillata 'cuba'


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rotala bangladesh



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And finallu tank with woter in for a first time....



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I will try to give you some info regarding technical equipment used on this tank in the very close future..
Hope you enjoyed.g

 

[George Farmer]

Hi Greg

Lovely set-up and aquascape! This will no doubt evolve into a real beauty!

Have you seen the latest PFK (June 2012)? My 60cm shallow tank is in there and I have used the Radion over it. There's some photos comparing the aquascape with TMC 1000ND, Arcadia T5 (Freshwater Pro and Plant Pro), and the Radion. The small images in the magazine don't really show-off the differences very well but in hi-res on my iMac the difference is very obvious.

I find the Radion far too blue in default mode and had to decrease the Royal Blue and Blue outputs to almost 0%. Of course, the unit is designed for the reefkeeper in-mind, but it's still very useable for a planted tank.

What settings have you used?

Have you seen this too - http://www.scapefu.com/2012/05/27/video ... orm-modes/

There's also a video from my shallow tank by Dan Crawford using the Radion here -

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All the best,
George