Mixed tank par readings??

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I'm borrowing a par meter for a couple of days and want to get closer to a more ideal spread. I have a 120 mixed tank, hand full of zoas, a couple different acro, a couple fire scolies, meat corals, a goni garden, a couple fire favia. Everything it doing well, and I know a I have at least an ok par spread.

Does anyone know of good resources that goes over recommended par levels based on the types of corals? Or should I just sit down with YouTube and start taking notes on each species I have??
 

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Numbers from BRS
Low par 50-100
Moderate 100-200
High 200-300
Very high +300

Take the par meter and make a map of your tank and the par levels in each location. The take note of your corals and there recommended light levels and try to place them in the same areas that have the recommended par levels.

Heres a good example.
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/par-map-of-my-reef-tank.647136/
 
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Awesome! I'll definitely be using this as a reference while doing my adjustments! Thank you!
 

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