I went ahead a bought a par meter and was surprised at the readings, and I’m also glad I went ahead and got one so I can place my corals in better areas.
My ricordea’s were way down on the bottom but for some reason that side and area was getting much higher readings, and I now know why they’d been hiding inside the rocks (smart corals, lol) I moved them to a better spot.
I do have a question, should I shut down the powerheads when taking readings or leave them on ? I didn’t see that much difference with it on or off.
I was also surprised that even at my highest point I wasn’t getting very high readings.
I’m using two xr30 radions on a 48 long tank (90 gallons)
I think what surprised me the most was the areas that I thought would be higher weren’t and some areas on the bottom were much higher then expected.
Another question should I measure at different times of the day ?
I placed my acans where it was registering 35-60 par is that too low ?
ideally what par should a hammer coral be at ?
Cyphastria coral how low and what’s the highest
Same question with gsp
My ricordea’s were way down on the bottom but for some reason that side and area was getting much higher readings, and I now know why they’d been hiding inside the rocks (smart corals, lol) I moved them to a better spot.
I do have a question, should I shut down the powerheads when taking readings or leave them on ? I didn’t see that much difference with it on or off.
I was also surprised that even at my highest point I wasn’t getting very high readings.
I’m using two xr30 radions on a 48 long tank (90 gallons)
I think what surprised me the most was the areas that I thought would be higher weren’t and some areas on the bottom were much higher then expected.
Another question should I measure at different times of the day ?
I placed my acans where it was registering 35-60 par is that too low ?
ideally what par should a hammer coral be at ?
Cyphastria coral how low and what’s the highest
Same question with gsp