Is this enough light for SPS?

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Very nice, beautiful!
In the first photo can you tell me what these corals are?:
- the green branching one at front left
- the purple one with green dots right behind it
- the green one with purple tips behind the orange dig
- also is that a shortcake (green with pinkish polyps) at rear center?
Thanks!
the green branching one front left is a green anachropora. I honestly do not know the trade names of the majority of them, perhaps others will chime in!
 

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Hey there, I would like to ask for some feedback on my lighting. My tank is 4' long, 70 gallons with 3 Kessil A360s. It is LPS dominant but I'd like to add a few SPS to grow into the spaces between the larger LPS colonies. Lights are on 11 hours/day with a 2 hour ramp up and ramp down, so 7 hours at peak. The PAR readings in the photo were taken with an Apogee MQ-510 at midday. Was thinking of stylophora, seriatopora and maybe one or two acros that don't need super intense light in the middle. I could crank up the lights higher but the LPS seem to like this amount of light and I don't want to give them too much. What do you think? Thank you!

PAR readings 08.17.25 cropped.jpg
I have a 60g cube 24x24x24 with 2 Kessil a360xe. I have the Kessil reflectors on them. Also 4-24” ati blue plus t5 bulbs. With 95% sps coral. All seem to be growing good. My lowest acro is about 3/4 down.
 

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