Lighting ??

[sharkdancer]

Are my corals loosing color? Are new growth on zoas typically brighter? I feel like the new polyps are brighter in color than the older. I think my peppermint is lighter than it used to be. Everything seems to be growing aside one zoa which is half closed but has still added new polyps. No access to a par meter. All parameters are within normal range. Running one kessil a360w. I tried the photone app with an iPhone 17 in a bag with paper filter and the led blue/white setting and im unsure if i trust the readings. Am I just in my head or do I need to make adjustments?

 

[TX_REEF]

the color looks pretty good to me, not sure if I'm missing something

 

[sharkdancer]

I ended up getting a par meter and everything read extremely low. Like 20-40s..... if I ramp it up will it kill them im worried since they are so low.

 

[BryanM]

I ended up getting a par meter and everything read extremely low. Like 20-40s..... if I ramp it up will it kill them im worried since they are so low.

What par meter?

And you just need to acclimate them to the new light.... Increasing slowly over a month, vs shocking them overnight :)

 

[sharkdancer]

What par meter?

And you just need to acclimate them to the new light.... Increasing slowly over a month, vs shocking them overnight :)

I think i messed up in dont have a clue what the original numbers were specifically i just read the 20 and 36 ect and then panicked and cranked it up with the knob to I bring it back down? I also had a snail die today which made me panic something was wrong. Or do they just drop dead?