I know my PAR...Now what?

[Victoria M]

She farted?? Was she embarrassed??

No shame at all! She would then go nip my frogspawn and smile at me.

 

[NY_Caveman]

No shame at all! She would then go nip my frogspawn and smile at me.

LOL!!!

 

[DHill6]

Photo #6 @Chaswood79 ...did anyone else notice the face? Cool shot.

 

[Ashley Kekua]

how much par do you need for softy and lps... howa bout acros..what par they need be?

 

[Dana Riddle]

A friend made me aware of this YouTube video yesterday. It uses a lot of data I generated 15 years ago. This video discusses SPS corals and doesn't mention the soft coral examined (Sinularia abrupta) actually required more light than some of the stony corals (probably due to tissue thickness and self-shading of zooxanthellae.)

 

[Victoria M]

A friend made me aware of this YouTube video yesterday. It uses a lot of data I generated 15 years ago. This video discusses SPS corals and doesn't mention the soft coral examined (Sinularia abrupta) actually required more light than some of the stony corals (probably due to tissue thickness and self-shading of zooxanthellae.)

Wow, thank you sir, for posting that. I watched your video from macna and found it very informative. Thank you.

 

[Victoria M]

how much par do you need for softy and lps... howa bout acros..what par they need be?

There is a new video you might want to watch.

 

[Dana Riddle]

Wow, thank you sir, for posting that. I watched your video from macna and found it very informative. Thank you.

Thank you very much. I've been doing research on lighting for almost 30 years now and I think I know less now than when I started.

 

[Ashley Kekua]

Thank you very much. I've been doing research on lighting for almost 30 years now and I think I know less now than when I started.

HAHA you are so comical! Made me laugh today! Thank you for good joke!

 

[Dana Riddle]

There is a new video you might want to watch.

Is this a new BRS video on YouTube?

 

[Gareth elliott]

A friend made me aware of this YouTube video yesterday. It uses a lot of data I generated 15 years ago. This video discusses SPS corals and doesn't mention the soft coral examined (Sinularia abrupta) actually required more light than some of the stony corals (probably due to tissue thickness and self-shading of zooxanthellae.)

Are there other soft corals that have similar needs? I am running a bit more light than the tank in this thread and have seen some like Briareum asbestinum, anecdotally as this is only perception no method to testing [emoji23], grows much faster at pars closer to sps needs than the suggested para .
So i have a number to attach par is approximately 280 during peak at the base of the coral. 3 ai primes on ab+ schedule over a 40b is the provided light.

*Par is gained from lux meter and math not and actual par meter.

 

[Victoria M]

Thank you very much. I've been doing research on lighting for almost 30 years now and I think I know less now than when I started.

Isn’t that the story for us all as we get older. Do you think we just are finally old enough to know better? We just realize we don’t know it all?:eek:

 

[Dana Riddle]

Are there other soft corals that have similar needs? I am running a bit more light than the tank in this thread and have seen some like Briareum asbestinum, anecdotally as this is only perception no method to testing [emoji23], grows much faster at pars closer to sps needs than the suggested para .
So i have a number to attach par is approximately 280 during peak at the base of the coral. 3 ai primes on ab+ schedule over a 40b is the provided light.

*Par is gained from lux meter and math not and actual par meter.

I suspect so, but haven't done further research mainly due to fluorescence ('pop') of the corals. The fluorescent proteins (mostly those with green emissions) absorb the fluorometer's blue light thus preventing accurate measurements.