To be safe id reccomend everyone rent a par meter and get familiar with what's going on especially with new lights.It’s easier for me to do biweekly , but I was gonna rent a par meter today and see what my light schedule is about. I plan on having mostly LPS/soft corals maybe MAYBE 1-2 sps on the top this is what I have currently maybe it’s too much maybe not enough who knows because I don’t haha I need a better understanding
The pros give us a baseline to run at for most species. Sure there's going to be exceptions to all the rules but the majority will do well following those base guidelines.