**UPDATE: I double checked inside the casing, the lights are dry, no condensation in there! I dusted out the fans to see if that helps. The hood runs 6 fans, 2 built into the lights and 2 on each side of the hood to help circulation..
Yeah I was gonna say maybe it’s a fail safe for the light overheating and being full of dust. If you wanna keep the hood I’d switch to ai blades since they don’t have fans and are waterproof so you wouldn’t have to worry about moisture. Or keep the radions and ditch the hood. Your corals would get better more even par without the plexiglass too. You would pry be able to decrease the intensity and further prolong the life of the lights also
I’m not sure if that’s a good light setup. It’s not properly venting the way you set it up. It’s needs more air to breath. With the heat and condensation that’s what probably broke the light.
lights are in the original enclosure that the Red Sea lights are in, so they should be protected.. but ill double check to make sure no leaks getting in there!
I hope cleaning the fan helps. You started right before me in the hobby. I would hope these last much longer. I have a different brand and Ill clean it (ReefBuilders) thanks!
never tested inside the hood temp, but I run the 2 fans that are in the lights and all 4 of the side fans to help. they've been running on this setup for 4 years now though
Hi, tank looks great, but i think it might be time to revamp your tank and take care ofcthe Asterina stars at the same time, and yes I think it time to change up your lights, good luck Steve uk
You should borrow a harlequin shrimp from your LFS to rid yourself of those Asterina Starfish. The will keep multiplying and will eat coral if there’s nothing else to munch on. Once they’re gone, you’ll have to return the shrimp… unless you want to feed it starfish on the regular.
I have them as well. Krista from K&P Aquaculture has done a ton of research on them & said that a majority of them don’t go after corals & are harmless. But I still manually remove them from my tank cuz I’ve seen so many 😬 Don’t wanna take a chance on them going after corals either way…
My G4s did the same thing. I used a keyboard air spray to blow the fans . A lot of gunk came out. So far been working fine for the past 3 months after cleaning out the fans. GL !
my latest million dollar light lasted a whole 3 months before it started failing. i quit reefing over it.its ridiculous, nothing lasts anymore and everything is 5 times what it should cost. i want to buy overpriced corals not endless replacements of gear
Hey I am sorry to say this but, I think is really unfair for those surgeon fish to be in that tank. Those tangs need at least 100 gallons and up to graze. Especially the Hippo tang. On top of that your AIO tank is filled with corals and rocks so it’s really a small space for them.
Although the lights have fans, they don't get any (or much) air to cool them down because they are contained inside the transparent plastic housing the old lights were in. You could cut holes in the top of the hood to let the heat escape or let the fans draw air in. just a thought.
i really think that the unreliablilty of the radions is a possible selling point for reefers who like their radions. that way if they get good growth and colors… they’ll stick to the next model. i had issues with the bluetooth on the lights. it worked, but no controlability
It’s good to clean the fans in your lights every couple months depending on how dusty your house is. I have the Neptune Sky and clean mine often. I’ve had it since 2021 and no issues. If you have to I would look into another brand of light. I also have a Nicrew light I bought off of Amazon, works great! Altho I have that hooked to my apex as well but on another tank.
As far as the overgrown encrusting coral get some tunze epoxy. Cover up the encrusted coral for a week or 3. It’ll die off. Peel off the epoxy (which is super easy) you’ll have ugly white coral skeleton that will look terrible for awhile but the coraline will take over and you won’t be able to tell
yea! they should be protected but I haven't check INSIDE of the enclosure in years so gonna check it out just to make sure everything still looks good an sealed!
yea its about a 75/25 chance that mine is connected, not a big deal mostly -- except the 25% seems to always be when you wanna show someone something with the lights 😂
