Par levels with radion G6 XR15 blue

[fancy_fish101]

I just rented a par meter today. I went home and played for a few. As I am very confused rn.
my light it running at 50% rn. And my par levels about 6 inchs under water are reading around 150 ish range. I’m wondering if This is normal.
Plz help.

 

[muggle0981]

Different but i have radion xr15 pro
Setting to lps/soft

I borrowed a par meter last week and loghts sit about 8 inch above glass top

i was at 50% and when i checked in the center it was about 160/170

i then bumped it to 65%, 2 days later noticed montipora digitata not looking so hot or closed up…dropped back down to 55% and now looks to be better-was afraid i lost it but dont think so-not that that answers your ?

 

[fancy_fish101]

Different but i have radion xr15 pro
Setting to lps/soft

I borrowed a par meter last week and loghts sit about 8 inch above glass top

i was at 50% and when i checked in the center it was about 160/170

i then bumped it to 65%, 2 days later noticed montipora digitata not looking so hot or closed up…dropped back down to 55% and now looks to be better-was afraid i lost it but dont think so-not that that answers your ?

I got mainly sps. And was expecting way higher that I saw. I also got a few monti. I think you increased to fast imo. But if you’re was reading that. It’s probably some what right….

 

[muggle0981]

Yah-i increased too much too fast-idiot move-never thought it would be that much

when i raised it to 65% it just it uo to about 190-didn’t realize that jump was too much too fast-i should have realized that

 

[fancy_fish101]

Yah-i increased too much too fast-idiot move-never thought it would be that much

when i raised it to 65% it just it uo to about 190-didn’t realize that jump was too much too fast-i should have realized that

Appears, when it hits 50% the par levels go up pretty fast.

i just put my intensity at 100% with the same as above and was reading 460

 

[Spare time]

I mean at 50% that doesn't sound odd. I'll let others who used this light specifically

Different but i have radion xr15 pro
Setting to lps/soft

I borrowed a par meter last week and loghts sit about 8 inch above glass top

i was at 50% and when i checked in the center it was about 160/170

i then bumped it to 65%, 2 days later noticed montipora digitata not looking so hot or closed up…dropped back down to 55% and now looks to be better-was afraid i lost it but dont think so-not that that answers your ?

One thing to keep in mind is that heavy blue/violet takes less "par" to overlight a coral than how par values were traditionally scaled between coral types