PAR METER - Rental Program

[CRW Reef]

Alright Par Meter checked back in and I have it now. WatercolorsGuy aka MIKE you are up. PM me for pick up.

 

[WatercolorsGuy]

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Picked up.

 

[CRW Reef]

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Ok I have par meter again. Martin you're up!!!

 

[Craigar]

PAR METER - Rental Program

If needed I can get the meter from chad for you martain

 

[MartinsReef]

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Ok I have par meter again. Martin you're up!!!

I'll pass till the new system is running! No need to measure a nano with a radion on it.

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[Stzim]

PAR METER - Rental Program

Looks like I am up. Will pm to arrange pickup.

 

[WatercolorsGuy]

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I was pretty surprised by the results I got on three different tanks. Will post a new thread to discuss.

 

[Stzim]

PAR METER - Rental Program

At a 9" depth my current 4 bulb t5s are giving me 160 par. 125 at sand. Bulbs are fairly new.

At a 9" depth the new Cree xp-e /xp-g led lights that I will be installing are 666 par at 100% power. 333 at sand.

Sure glad I have dimming capabilities for the leds. I am going to update the ldd driver boards so that if the dimming signal is lost they turn off rather than go 100%.

 

[bubbarockies]

I was wating for my name to get called and realized that I never actually got added to the list. My bad. Can I get put on the list please?

 

[Haulin Oates]

PAR METER - Rental Program

I was wating for my name to get called and realized that I never actually got added to the list. My bad. Can I get put on the list please?

You got it!

 

[WatercolorsGuy]

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At a 9" depth my current 4 bulb t5s are giving me 160 par. 125 at sand. Bulbs are fairly new.

At a 9" depth the new Cree xp-e /xp-g led lights that I will be installing are 666 par at 100% power. 333 at sand.

Sure glad I have dimming capabilities for the leds. I am going to update the ldd driver boards so that if the dimming signal is lost they turn off rather than go 100%.

Yeah I know I wish I had dimmers with over 1400 PAR at the surface and over 950 at about 9" on my reef coming from 250w MH that were doing 250 at the surface...

 

[Fitz19d]

List me please. May self bump down the list depending how fast it goes. Don't want to bother checking it out till probably after I move in June/closer to having my LEDS come in.

 

[CRW Reef]

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Allan you are up man. I have the meter at my house so you can pick it up here. Text me to make arrangements

 

[Smokey]

PAR METER - Rental Program

Put me on the list please. I'll become a full fledged member before my time hits

 

[asn-naso]

I just measured my tank, and am surprised at the readings, and not sure where I should have things set.

About 6-8" below the water line, with my lights set to 50%, I am getting a reading of 80 on the PAR meter, per Chad, I multiply that number X5, then add 15%. This gives me a PAR of around 460. At the sand, I have around 150-175.

If I turn my lights to 100%, I get a reading of 95-100 about 6-8" down, giving me a reading of 575 PAR. The sandbed is about 240 or so.

Should I keep things at 50% with a reading of 460, or should I turn the up or down a little?

 

[09bumblebee]

Depends what you keep. I'd tone it back if it was me. Unless everything is happier than can be and has good color.

 

[bubbarockies]

According to the BRS video I watched yesterday, high light SPS needs at most 500 par. LPS around 250. And Softies 50-150. Obviously with varience in the categories, but he sure made it sound like 500 was as high as you need for any type of coral.

 

[andyrm66]

Why multiply by 5? I thought par meters read 20% low on blue leds, not that they only read 20% of the par?

 

[Jeremiah]

Put me on the list please.

 

[jahmic]

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Why multiply by 5? I thought par meters read 20% low on blue leds, not that they only read 20% of the par?

Multiply by 5 because technically it's not a par meter, the sensor on this one plugs into a basic voltmeter and the numbers on the display are in millivolts. You have to multiply the mv by 5 to convert it to get the actual par reading.