**** R2R Par Database ****

[dantimdad]

Are those photos pretty close to what you actually see?

 

[reefiniteasy]

Are those photos pretty close to what you actually see?

It’s pretty close. I took the photo with a filter. The blue is gorgeous.

 

[dantimdad]

It’s pretty close. I took the photo with a filter. The blue is gorgeous.

Thanks for the reply! I was hoping that was the case.

 

[reefiniteasy]

Thanks for the reply! I was hoping that was the case.

The second photo is my goal. I only had it on those settings for a day. Having channel B and C at 85 is way more blue/violet than where I’m at now (77). I’ve been raising things very slowly.

 

[BTimms]

Apogee MQ-510
Fluval Sea Marine & Reef 3.0 LED 48” strip
All channels 100%
Light is 3-4” above water
55g Tank 48” length
Water depth is 18”
Pumps and powerheads running

What is your light schedule?

 

[mrbacony]

Stock Biocube 32

 

[Tony616]

12 inches off the water

 

[melonheadorion]

i have finally done a par test on mine. the setup righ tnow is a bit wierd, because im in the process of upgrading/moving everything to my 65g, but i figured i would do readings on both tanks, just in case someone wanted to know.

tested with apogee 510



20g long with 1 kessil a160we about 6 inches off the water. only 1 light running.,readings are with intensity at 100% and color at about 10%. water depth is 12 inches

65 gal. picture only shows 1 light, but when i did the testing, i had 2 lights over. (2 kessil a160we). readings are with intensity at 100% and color at about 10%. light 5 inches from the top of the water. water depth is 21 inches

i did have my wavemaker running jebao scp 120

 

[ChiefEngineer]

Long time Reef2Reef reader, first post.

90 Gallon standard Aqueon without Sump, FX4 with rock rubble, GAC, small amount of GFO, and polishing pad.
H.O.B refugium
Tunze Comline 9012 DC
Pumps: 2 Ice Cap 2K's and 2 RPM by Reefbreeders

Lighting: Reefbreeder Photon V2+ 48" and 2 Orphek 48" Blue Sky. Mounted 12" off the surface.

Photon peak schedule Ch# 3,#5, #6 @ 90% Ch #1 & #2 @ 10% and Ch #4 @ 25% for 9 hrs and Orphek bars on for 12 hrs

Readings taken with Apogee 510 and all pumps running with peak intensity.

Tank started as LPS and quickly started becoming SPS dominant. Will be upgrading to a 220 in the future.

Don't see many people with this light combo, figured I'd share some info if anyone was interested on readings.

Please ignore the cyano I'm currently battling on my sand bed.

 

[TheHunterYall]

How am I doing? Are these in the ballpark of expected values? Radion xr15g5

 

[Dowtish]

10 gallon (aqueon)
HIPARGERO LED 30W - amazon $70
4" mounting height (standard bracket cut down to center over tank)
Full blue two clicks down on white

 

[lubeck]

Standard 32 gal biocube with 2 12” 21LED blue actinic on each side of the stock lighting.

using a PMK apex meter. All pumps are on.

the blue numbers are all lights On and the red is with the 2 blue actinic bars off.

 

[icedgxe]

Tank: Innovative Marine SR-80 Pro 2 (48x18x16” display section).
Lighting: 3 Kessil A360we mounted 8-9in off the water surface.
Settings: 75% Intensity and 60% Color.
Meter: Apogee MQ-510
All pumps turned off for readings. Please excuse the poor quality picture.

 

[blackcapasslet]

I love this thread. Thank you all for sharing !

 

[lubeck]

Standard 32 gal biocube with 2 12” 21LED blue actinic on each side of the stock lighting.

using a PMK apex meter. All pumps are on.

the blue numbers are all lights On and the red is with the 2 blue actinic bars off.

I ended up upgrading my light to a xr30 blue. All pumps are on. The light setting is at 90% intensity but at 68% schedule. Very powerful light. I’m realizing I’m going to have to move some of the acros in the mid left of the tank because it’s a little low on par. This is because the return and mp10 cross at this point.

 

[biecacka]

Side and front. 48/48/24 cube with Orphek v4 G2. They are 17 inches above the water level and the pumps where all on.
was surprised sort of the low ish numbers but they high up. I might lower them a bit. numbers just seem a little low for sps dominant tank.

corey

 

[cwerner]

Tank: Innovative Marine Fusion 50 AIO
Lighting: 2 Current USA R24 50w LED
Settings: 100% Blues 75% Whites
Meter: Apogee MQ-510

 

[MamaMolo]

• Tank size: Mixed Tank 55 Gallon 36" Length x 20" Wide x 18" Height
• Type of meter you are using for measurements: Apogee
• Type of lighting: 6 Bulb T5 ATI (3 Blue+, Coral+, Purple+, and Actinic)
• Height of lighting over your water: 8.25" from water line
• Depth of water: 16" depth
• Pumps or power heads running? All flow off

 

[bReefedBaker]

This thread is to host a Database of Par values on different tanks under different lighting, hopefully it will be useful for people to cross reference if they don’t have access to a Par Meter.

This will not be an exact science but should give people a good estimation of different lighting over different tanks.

Please do not use this thread for comments, let’s try to keep this a Database for Par data only, for more information, suggestions or information please go here..

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/s...d-and-share-your-numbers.538890/#post-5569165

suggested information that should be included in your post:

• Type of meter you are using for measurements
• Type of lighting.. be specific as possible and include things like manufacturer, age, length and type of bulbs for those t5 users, wattage and reflectors for the MH users.
• LED users if possible include percentages used for different colors
• Height of lighting over your water
• Depth of water
• Pumps or power heads running?
• Any other factors that may contribute to readings such as room lighting, windows, tank in sunroom? etc.
• A picture with measurements would be ideal but a list/description would be fine as well.
• Provide as many collection points as possible such as bottom of tank left, right and center.. middle of tank left, right, center, front and back etc.

*Me just following this thread

 

[rmcrom]

RedSea XL435 with 2x Radion XR15 g5 pro. AB+ profile at 60% schedule intensity. MQ-510 meter.