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I have two Fluval Marine 3.0 strip lights on my 54 g tank. They're set directly on the glass lid of the tank. Awhile back I used a par meter to check the levels in the tank and they ranged from 35 on the sandbed to 100 at the top of the uppermost rock. This is mainly a softie tank with many mushrooms and zoas, and I just recently added an anemone to the top rock.
I'd like to increase the par levels but don't want to get new lights at this time. Is it possible to change the light schedule to compensate for the lower par? Right now I have a 12 hour photoperiod with a 4 hour ramp-up and a 4 hour ramp-down time. If I lowered the ramp times to 1-2 hours would that be an acceptable substitute for having an increased par?
Right now I have the spectrum set to 100% for all the blues, 0% for the red and 25% for the white. Increasing the white I'm sure would increase the par, but it's not visually appealing.
Any help on this would be appreciated!
I'd like to increase the par levels but don't want to get new lights at this time. Is it possible to change the light schedule to compensate for the lower par? Right now I have a 12 hour photoperiod with a 4 hour ramp-up and a 4 hour ramp-down time. If I lowered the ramp times to 1-2 hours would that be an acceptable substitute for having an increased par?
Right now I have the spectrum set to 100% for all the blues, 0% for the red and 25% for the white. Increasing the white I'm sure would increase the par, but it's not visually appealing.
Any help on this would be appreciated!