Lighting Question Radion light

[yogi]

Hello.
We have an extra ecotech marine Radion XR30w 110v Led from our salt water aquarium. It does full color spectrum and you can control how much of each it puts out as well as both uv's that are needed. Corals grow like crazy with these lights. Would this light be ok to use on my chams home. I will also need a heat light as the l e d's give off very little heat. Just curious if this light would be ok to use as it is just sitting in the box still.

 

[yogi]

Has anyone else ever used a aquarium light over their cham? Looking to clean his home today and do some changes to it. Input please?

 

[EvilLost]

Can you link me to specs on this light?


Aquarium lights are 99.99% of the time heavy in the actinic/blue spectrum and lack the reds needed for terrestrial plants.

Also, you mentioned UV output. Although many lights do put out UV, it is often insuffficient for our needs. Do you have a solarmeter to measure actual UVB output?

Post a picture or link of the technical specs and I can tell you better if its good or not, but based on general experience, it will "work" but not be "good" (drab colored plants due to lack of red spectrum is the typical fail of aquarium lights used for terrestrial setups)

 

[yogi]

http://ecotechmarine.com/products/radion/

Thanks for the reply on that. Looking at the color chart it is more in the blue.

 

[yogi]

Where do you get a solarmeter?

 

[EvilLost]

OK I looked at the specs on that light....few things:

1) It uses CREE XP-G LEDs. Very good LEDS (I use these and the newer XM-L in my LED units). These are good LEDs, but..

2) It uses only a few cool white and mostly blue and green LEDs. Blue will be helpful for photosynthesis, but green light is practically useless as its all reflected. There is very little red light (which is also needed for photosynthesis).

3) These LEDs do *NOT* put out UVB. You will need a separate UVB bulb.

4) You can get a solarmeter from www.LightYourReptiles.com; there are many versions and they each do a different thing. The one you want I *believe* is Solarmeter 6.2 (this is the one that measures UVB specifically; other models do not measure UVB only).

5) May I ask how much you paid for that light unit?

 

[yogi]

Hi thanks again for that. Sorry meant to put but uv's in first msg, as well i was vague on my heat light its a mercury vapor (uva & uvb). Sorry again.
We are looking into adding this light he is in a room with a window but not alot of light comes in that side of the house. Will it hurt of bother him if we add this?
We are also looking at setting him up a new home 4' x 3' x 5' it will be between the two tanks one wich also uses the radion lights.
We bought 4 of those lights for our 180gal tank at 450 each not incl shipping. Did have metal halide great light but to much heat off that. The other tank has t5's.
Thanks alot again for this.