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I have a frag tank that I just set up a AI Vega light, I hung the light to one side of my frag tank to keep the other side low light for fragging mushrooms. I tested PAR and it's at 25-35. I ordered a blue LED light strip to hang over shrooms because at our LFS that's about all he has on his shroom tanks. What's the PAR level to shoot for shrooms?
 
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I've heard anything under 50 par, would kind of like to hear what you guys have your mushrooms under
 

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I have them at anywhere from 60 to 150 but when I frag I keep them on the sides in around 60 par. (LED)

Maybe thats why I can't keep ironman shrooms they always move down and eventually let go/drift away. All the others seem happy though. My bounce is in about 80 par I think, since the beginning. I was actually thinking about moving it into a bit more light.
 

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