Up to PAR: Do you use a PAR meter when placing new coral in your aquarium?

Do you use a PAR meter when placing new coral in your tank?

  • Yes! I think it's important for the longterm health/growth of my coral.

    Votes: 9 9.4%
  • Yes, but I don't find that it is necessary all the time.

    Votes: 18 18.8%
  • Not currently, but I would like to.

    Votes: 39 40.6%
  • No. I don't measure PAR and my corals are still healthy/growing.

    Votes: 25 26.0%
  • Other (please explain).

    Votes: 5 5.2%

  • Total voters
    96

MoshJosh

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I just measure PAR the old fashioned way. . .

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My honest experience never using a PAR meter:

Tank 1: I guess placement was perfect for everything, because everything grew and did awesome!
Tank 2: Somewhere between college and now I lost my epic internal PAR predicting skills. About half the coral in the tank seems happy with my skills, the other half wants to fire me as PAR analyst.

I would love to get one in the future, most certainly before any tank upgrades happen.
 
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