Switching from radions to Kessils

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saltyrottie

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So i have Radion Gen 4 Pros right now, but I have a kessil over my IM peninsula. I'm really liking what I'm seeing under the kessil and am considering switching out my radions for Kessils. Interested in hearing anyone's opinion?
 
I'm a Radion fan myself, which is why they are what I have on my tank (Gen4Pro like yours) , although I'll admit that some of that is form factor and I don't have much experience with the newer Kessils. To my eyes the Radion has:Better overall color renderingWorse light patterns on the sand bed (although this is correctable with the new diffusers at a slight PAR cost)The Kessil's have:Better shimmer on the sandbed (not halide quality shimmer, but close).A slightly blued out look (personal opinion here).I'm curious what specifically you like on one tank vs. the other, a lot can be done by playing with which channels are where.  For example, I had white/red/green higher than most people on one of my tanks for a while.  A lot of people commented on how amazing my clowns (basic ocellaris) and flame angel looked, asked me what I fed, etc.  It took me a while to realize it was more lighting than anything else, of course my corals looked a bit different as I had much less blue.
 
So considering my situation, I'm still in the middle of a move and all of my Coral is in a Rubbermaid bin right now. So with that being said I have a kessil 160 running over that. My zoa's, even with all the stress, are looking so much better. The color is great! Unfortunately, in the transfer of Tanks, I lost about 80% of my SPS.
 
Have you compared PAR?  I consider an XR30 Radion to be equal to two XR15 Radions (double the LEDs, double the cost, double PAR).  From a price perspective an A360W is the same as an XR15, but the XR15 also puts out 60% more light (Per BRS, skip to ~17 minutes for the A360W, A360N, and XR15, link below), and a 160 is less than that.  My birdsnest for example looks much better in lower light levels based on how my tank runs, so I wonder if you do have equal conditions.  Sorry to hear about your SPS, that really sucks.  My last move was too long (900 miles) to bank frags with friends, and all I had were a couple cubes so I ended up moving them over a long couple days.  Most things made it, but there were some notable losses that took a long time to replace.Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7XLgLiA0PM&index=21&list=PLBaMLrfToJyybUT18OE3fMomFb9XU0ffC
 
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