top of page
Lighting
Public·3 members
Going to try really high par
I’m going to redo my aquarium, and I’ll replace the chihiros b series I have with a netlea at5s. The tank is 11” tall.
The Chihoros b series has around 90-110 par at the substrate, the netlea can be way higher than that. I’ll try to get the par raised gradually, starting with around 75-100 and increasing every week or so after I get the tank redone.
I saw someone else tested the par on the netlea light and it was over 400 at the substrate in a similar sized tank.
1 View
PAR value suggestion for top of water or bottom?
In your lighting video series you suggest a PAR value of 80-120 as a good starting point. I measured PAR from my Twinstar B using the Photone app and found I had the lights way too bright. Fortunately the light is dimmable and I was wondering if I should aim for a PAR of 80-120 at the surface (3 inches below light) or at the bottom of the tank where the plants are. This wasn't really clear in the video series.
Thanks!
CC
34 Views
bottom of page
And look at how RED the super reds got from getting 400 PAR! Know that the PAR of the sun is around 2,000. So plants can handle high PAR situations so long as they are getting CO2 and nutrients.