I have a 14g nano that I want to be LPS and Softy dominant with a few SPS up top. The light I have is the Smatfarm G3 60w. Smatfarm provided a par chart for this light (attached below) but my question is, how the intensity percentage affects the par reading. For example, my light is mounted at a similar height from the tank and the par readings at depth that they provide are higher than I want, so I turned down the intensity. But now without spending a bunch of money renting a par meter is there a way I can approximately calculate what the par readings would be at certain percentages?
I also attached a photo of my nano. Light is mounted 9in above the water surface and sand bed is 14in below the surface. I currently have the blue channels at 100% and the white at 40%.
If anyone has any recommendations please let me know! I only have one fish in there and plan on adding corals in a couple of months! Thanks!
I also attached a photo of my nano. Light is mounted 9in above the water surface and sand bed is 14in below the surface. I currently have the blue channels at 100% and the white at 40%.
If anyone has any recommendations please let me know! I only have one fish in there and plan on adding corals in a couple of months! Thanks!