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So I just got my par meter and have a few questions!
MY TANKS
HERE ARE MY QUESTIONS
FYI
MY TANKS
- 150g SPS only tank - running 5 Hydra 26s over a 60" x 24" x 24" tank.
- Frag tanks 48" x 24" x 8" running an 8 bulb t5HO setup
- Bedroom tank at home - 60 gallon cube with 24" x 24" x 24" with a Kessil 360W
- 150 was reading 600-700 at my higher level frags under the light, and 500-600 between and around the lights. I don't have have anything on the bottom but my lowest level frags were reading around 200 pretty evenly.
- Frag tank was between 180-200 everywhere
- Kessil tank was at 200 at the top under the light and down around 70-100 near the bottom.
HERE ARE MY QUESTIONS
- I think I need to move my Hydras up (currently about 8" off tank) to around 16" off tank. Does this sound like a good coarse of action?
- I would have thought the T5ho 8 lamp would put out more PAR than that. The bulbs are only 4 weeks old. Is that enough for SPS typically? I am new to t5s.
- The Kessil tank was pretty low but even. Thats about what I would have expected, but as I am switching it over to do more SPS in it, I am buying 2 rRadion xr15s (gen3) today to put over the tank, has anyone ran 2 15s over a 24" wide tank? I know I will have to turn it WAY down.
FYI
- I run the blue spectrum almost exclusively. I have all blue plus bulbs plus a purple something in the T5
- On the hydras - I run 100% on all blues and purples - 25% UV, and green red and white ramping from 0-5% throughout the day.
- All Lights run for approx. 8 hours with 6 hours of that being at maxed out at the above settings.
- I am doing PAR testing with the SenEye