How fast should I increase PAR?

[leepink23]

I have 2 radion xr30 gen 3 pros, I checked my par today with seneye. All sps look good and growing except hulk Acro which looks less full. I have had these 4-5 months. I increased lighting today but how frequently should I check and increase to get my par up?

 

[Flippers4pups]

I have 2 radion xr30 gen 3 pros, I checked my par today with seneye. All sps look good and growing except hulk Acro which looks less full. I have had these 4-5 months. I increased lighting today but how frequently should I check and increase to get my par up?

I would adjust once a week, around 5-10% increase and watch closely how they do. Most SPS corals do very well in the 200-250 par range.

 

[leepink23]

I would adjust once a week, around 5-10% increase and watch closely how they do. Most SPS corals do very well in the 200-250 par range.

I did a 5% increase today so I will watch them and adjust again in a week. I was going for the 200-250.

 

[Flippers4pups]

I did a 5% increase today so I will watch them and adjust again in a week. I was going for the 200-250.

Bravo! Slow and steady.

 

[leepink23]

This week par is:
Green hulk-198
Mystic sunset-195
Birdnest-197
Blue digita-175
Joe the coral -181
Tyree mindfield-166
Miyagi tort-150
Cotton candy mille-217 (moved it up higher)
Garf Bonsai-191
Will increase again in a week. Pur was 87% and corals look good

 

[10Seconds]

Those numbers are all too low for those corals but you know that.

I personally feel you can bring it up much faster.

I would say get the miyagi tort and the garf bonsai to 250-300 and they will really take off.

 

[leepink23]

Those numbers are all too low for those corals but you know that.

I personally feel you can bring it up much faster.

I would say get the miyagi tort and the garf bonsai to 250-300 and they will really take off.

Thanks, yes I realize they are still to low, should have them in the 200 s this week, since all look good I am going to continue with slow and steady, I am increasing uv as well and don' want to bleach them. Thanks for the input!

 

[leepink23]

This week par is:
Green hulk-220
Mystic sunset-230
Birdnest-204
Blue digita-196
Joe the coral -204
Tyree mindfield-210
Miyagi tort-170
Cotton candy mille-230
Garf Bonsai-230