I'm in the process of getting an IM Nuvo 10g ready to be an anemone tank. My plan is to start with some sort of BTA, then add a few Rock Flowers. Inhabitants will be a pair of clowns and a CuC (snails, hermits, etc). The tank will be lit by a single AI Prime HD with a LuxEngine puck upgrade and a 3DReefing diffuser (same as I run on all my tanks).
That being said, I've been researching PAR requirements for BTAs, and I'm mostly seeing old information, and it's all over the place. I've seen everything from 100-450 PAR. What I'm looking for is a decent place to start. Obviously, I can adjust up and down once I get things in the tank and see how they do, but with the tank being so small, there won't be many places to "hide" from the light, so I want to make sure I start on the lower end so as not to fry everything. I have access to an Apogee MQ-510 PAR meter. I'd like to make the center of the tank the "sweet spot" for PAR... What should I aim for?
That being said, I've been researching PAR requirements for BTAs, and I'm mostly seeing old information, and it's all over the place. I've seen everything from 100-450 PAR. What I'm looking for is a decent place to start. Obviously, I can adjust up and down once I get things in the tank and see how they do, but with the tank being so small, there won't be many places to "hide" from the light, so I want to make sure I start on the lower end so as not to fry everything. I have access to an Apogee MQ-510 PAR meter. I'd like to make the center of the tank the "sweet spot" for PAR... What should I aim for?