Best Way To Up Par?

[PeterC99]

Wondering if there is a best practice for increasing Par? I usually up Par by increasing the Point Intensity on the Radions. Are there other ways?

Thank you.

 

[dank reefer]

Moving your lights closer to the water line.

 

[PeterC99]

Moving your lights closer to the water line.

Unfortunately my lights are on fixed mounts and I cannot move my lights down.

 

[blasterman]

Turn up the blues or whites or both.

 

[MabuyaQ]

More lights

 

[PeterC99]

Turn up the blues or whites or both.

Blues are maxed out. Run Whites at 10%.

Notice that I loose some of the nice colors the brighter I make the whites. Guess there is a tradeoff between amount of Par and optimum coral colors?

 

[zalick]

Blues are maxed out. Run Whites at 10%.

Notice that I loose some of the nice colors the brighter I make the whites. Guess there is a tradeoff between amount of Par and optimum coral colors?

“Photosynthetically active radiation, often abbreviated PAR, designates the spectral range (wave band) of solar radiation from 400 to 700 nanometers that photosynthetic organisms are able to use in the process of photosynthesis.” - wiki

So if you are maxed out on the low end blue range, you can either lower as mentioned above, or increase the other spectrums in the PAR range.