After being passed from the ceiling LED Sicce GNC AM 466 (review) to a pair of Ecotech Marine Radion XR30w G2 (preview) in the month of November, I realized that, for needs of my corals, a pair of Radion wasn’t optimal and some corals had begun to suffer. At this point I decided to add a third Radion to my marine aquarium, and this time, also in order to make comparisons, I decided to focus on the Ecotech Marine Radion XR30w PRO.
The ceiling light outside is absolutely identical to the G2 version, in fact the ceiling are indistinguishable, but let’s see all the technical features:
LEDs
• White: 8 led Cree XT-E Cool White, 5w
• Red: 4 led Osram Oslon SSL Hyper Red (660nm), 3w
• Green: 4 led Cree XP-E Green (520nm), 3w
• Blue: 8 led Cree XP-E Blue (468nm), 3w
• Royal Blue: 8 led Cree XT-E Royal Blue (442nm), 5w
in addition to these LEDs, which are also present in the Ecotech Marine Radion XR30w G2, the PRO also adds the following LEDs
• Yellow: 2 led Osram Oslon SSL Yellow , 590nm, 3w
• Indigo: 4 SemiLEDs UV, 415nm, 2,5w
• Ultraviolet: 4 SemiLEDs UV, 405nm, 2,5w
Dimensions
Lenght: 30 cm
Width: 18 cm
Thickness: 3.9 cm
Consumption
Maximum consumption for a single ceiling: 170 watt
Maximum consumption for the LEDs part: 155 watt
What specifications do not say, however, are the features of this wonderful how small ceiling.
On the right you can see the graph of the spectrum emitted by the Ecotech Marine Radion XR30w G2 PRO, and at the bottom the PAR distribution (photosynthetically active radiation).
In practice this means that the light will be very close to the blue and then it will be much appreciated by our corals. Nevertheless, the presence of the green and red LED will enable us to put even more emphasis to these colors. Unlike the G2 the presence of semiled Indigo and UV should bring out even more of our coral fluorescence. We can control and set everything via the EcoSmart live program that will allow us to vary the light intensity and every other aspect, to let us creating our preferred light spectrum, of course within the limits of leds, to act as moonlight and so on. The applications are endless and we will see them all, in our in depth review, which will arrive as usual after a few months of test.
The ideal coverage of Radion is about 26*22 inches or about 65*55 cm, so multiple radion can be variously combined to increase the coverage for our marine aquarium.
The light produced with Ecotech Marine Radion XR30w G2 PRO is very directional and finally there are the beloved “Glitter Lines“, which among other things, are so good for the health of our corals, acting as lenses which intensify the light power.
The T.I.R. lenses (Total Internal Reflection) was also added to ceiling, means as Ecotech Marine’s engineers have managed to put inside the Radion a lens system that did not have lateral dispersion, but where all the light are internally reflected and emitted above our aquarium.
Above you can see the contents of the package, the photo is of the G2 version, but the content does not change. Now we just have to wait for the response of the aquarium.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask, as far as possible we are here to answer them.
