Sawdonkey
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First, thanks to Josh for hooking up the club PAR meter. I got it today and anxiously used it tonight.
I'm really happy with the results. For lights, I'm running four Ocean Revive T247's. I have then going the long way front to back. I have two cross braces that really put a dent in my light. I also have bigger gaps between the outer fixtures than I do between the two center fixtures. This was so I could get the two center fixtures between two cross braces. I run my two outer fixtures at 90 blue / 75% white and the two middle fixtures at 85% blue / 70% white. Tank is 72 long, 30 tall, and 24 deep. Each fixture is 10 X 16.
I'm getting about 660 PAR directly under the fixtures and just under the water. I got some pretty good readings on the sandbed, so it is no wonder my hyacinth birdsnest is thriving on the sand. I didn't learn a ton from this, but I did discover that some spots that I though might not get enough light to keep acros colored up, do in fact get plenty of light. Time for more acros!
The orange boxes at the top are where my fixtures are. The yellow boxes are where my cross braces are:
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I'm really happy with the results. For lights, I'm running four Ocean Revive T247's. I have then going the long way front to back. I have two cross braces that really put a dent in my light. I also have bigger gaps between the outer fixtures than I do between the two center fixtures. This was so I could get the two center fixtures between two cross braces. I run my two outer fixtures at 90 blue / 75% white and the two middle fixtures at 85% blue / 70% white. Tank is 72 long, 30 tall, and 24 deep. Each fixture is 10 X 16.
I'm getting about 660 PAR directly under the fixtures and just under the water. I got some pretty good readings on the sandbed, so it is no wonder my hyacinth birdsnest is thriving on the sand. I didn't learn a ton from this, but I did discover that some spots that I though might not get enough light to keep acros colored up, do in fact get plenty of light. Time for more acros!
The orange boxes at the top are where my fixtures are. The yellow boxes are where my cross braces are:
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