HD32 Par - ok?

[lukestrothman]

Those of you with Hydra 32HD or similar, my fixtures are 10-12” off water surface. What are you running for “schedule intensity”?

Newer tank (Red Sea 425 G2) running 80% with below: par is 300 in the top 1/3 150-250 in middle and 50-125 throughout sandbed.

Running full from 10-6 with 2 hour ramp starting at 8a and ending at 7 with a one hour ramp down from 6 to 7p.

Seem ok?

 

[CasperOe]

Depends on what livestock you're trying to care for in the tank

 

[lukestrothman]

Depends on what livestock you're trying to care for in the tank

Mixed reef. More lps than sps but sps is present. Some softies in the bottom. Large elegance in the sand under an over hang shaded heavily.

 

[jimfish98]

The lower setting is my Hydra 32 on my WB 25g, the higher one is for a pair on my WB 130.4. I don’t keep sticks so I don’t have them cranked up.

 

[cilyjr]

Sps dominate tank 320 gallons.
8x hydra 32 HD with 4x t5 supplement

 

[lukestrothman]

Sps dominate tank 320 gallons.
8x hydra 32 HD with 4x t5 supplement

Nice! I’m thinking I’m running a little hot then it seems. How deep is your tank? Any idea on par levels or nah?

 

[cilyjr]

Nice! I’m thinking I’m running a little hot then it seems. How deep is your tank? Any idea on par levels or nah?

The tank is 30 deep. I have never bothered to measure par. I'm old and remember when parameters couldn't read good par from LED. I think that's changed but in the early days they could not