Where is your par?

[nova65ss]

Hello everyone I am trying to get a feel for what kind of par you are giving your acros. I recently about 5 months ago upgraded to an 8 bulb ATI PM hybrid and have been running it at about 60 percent with only 50 percent blue led only. I borrowed our clubs par meter and it appears I am at the most on my 93 gallon cube running about 250 par in the center mid way down.

My frag rack which is on the left glass mid way up has only been getting around 150. Everything on the rack looks great but seems like that is a pretty low number.

I know Sahin is running the same fixture at 100 percent on a tank half the size his acros are doing very well.

Anyway can some of you that have used a par meter give me an idea on where you are? Also I tried to find similar post if there is one you know about I would love to see it. Thanks

 

[Daimyo68]

I have a 24" deep tank, LEDs above it. Blue and RB ramp to 100% and whites ramp to 20%. I have sps 3 inches from the sand in 125par and they do great.

 

[TJ's Reef]

My Mixed Reef 125g system is all under a 100% DIY LED array unique in being spread out over entire tank. I have very even PAR spread similar to a T5 setup, most all my tank and all my SPS being in a 250-350 PAR reading with LPS in under canopy at 100-150. Fair amount of pics in my build thread, linked in my signature below.

Cheers, Todd

 

[nova65ss]

Cool thanks guys will check your tank!

 

[jackson6745]

600par at top of tank, 350 in middle, 200 on sandbed.

 

[Keithcorals]

Most of mine are from 200-400

 

[prime8reef]

I need to get my club's par meter. All my SPS are growing great in a shallow 20gal long tank with a 6 bulb t5 8"off the surface. Not bleaching anything, surprisingly.

 

[Chris L]

Mine are all between 275-375 par