How much PAR do you give your soft corals?

[chadfish]

I've read 150 PAR is max, but mine seemed happy at 250.

How much PAR do you supply to your softies?

 

[LRT]

Define softies lol. I run pretty much mushroom only reef. Nothing higher than 150 par currently. Some shrooms like a little less intense light while others I cant give them enough light and would most likely do better in 200-250 range.

 

[TheDragonsReef]

I have zoas, clove polyps and leather corals in anywhere from 200-350. They would probably prefer lower but the tank is mostly sps so they have to deal with it lol

 

[zoaprince]

I have a mostly zoa tank and PAR is ~100. I used to have them in 50 PAR but they did not look good. They look much more colorful at 100.

 

[Ferrell]

My toadstool actually grew towards the Radion XR15. The 'stool is at the top of the water column now with radion blasting at 80%. GSP did the same on back wall
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[E.J.]

I run a mostly soft coral reef lit by 6x54 watt sunpower. My sarcophyton is inches from the water surface where it likely gets around 700 - 800 par and it stays open all day long. Leather corals can take a lot of light.