LED Lighting

[darrenahenson]

Anyone have experience with LED's? I have a galxea coral in a 30 gallon tank with a 14K LEd which is not doing well. The store I bought the coral at uses a Radion XR 30w. I'm not sure if im giving mine too much or too little light

Any help is greatly appreaciated!

 

[mariobrothersleeve]

The radions are far superior than most led lights out there. They are dimmable so you will be able to fine tune them for your set up.
Honestly I think they will be over kill for a 30g for price and performance. I would double check water parameters first and go from there.

 

[darrenahenson]

I don't have the radion led in my tank. I have a different 14k led. The radion was in the store that i bought the coral at.

 

[Jml32788]

I have the Reef Breeders Photon24 LED fixture over my 40G. I also have a Galxea coral and it is doing fine under the lights. My lights are at 65% at the peak of the day cycle. If it helps you at all I have the coral in a medium flow area and is at the middle level of the tank.

 

[darrenahenson]

I have never heard of that led

 

[Jml32788]

Here is a link if you are looking to upgrade your lights http://www.reefbreeders.com/it2060.html

Although there are other things you can check before assuming it is the lighting. The store I bought my Galxea from had them under T12 lighting and before I upgraded to the Reef Breeders fixture I had the coral under 250 watt Metal Halides. Like Mario suggested, you may want to check your tanks parameters before just throwing money at the problem.

 

[darrenahenson]

The stores bought the coral from was using radion 30w. All parameters seem normal however I have not checked phosphates