How much par can totches take?

[Damian reef boi]

I was wondering how much par can a torch get I was wondering if it would morph I would like to try putting my dragon soul in higher par to see what it does.

 

[MnFish1]

IME - the issue with light is not the absolute amount - its the speed of change. I dont know if there is any 'limit' as to what they can 'stand'. It might help if you had a par meter (lots of LFS offer them to borrow (or rent) - so that you can actually see what you're changing from. For example - if you look at my build thread (check the signature) - you will see a huge (its about 2 feet long) - piece of Green star polyp - which supposedly does best in 'low flow' and 'lower light' - when my lights are at their peak - they are at 700 PAR - and the GSP is fine - but it's used to it. A year ago - I traded some of it to my LFS - and it went from looking great to looking not so great - (in their tank) - because of lower light. Its all a matter of acclimation time IME.

 

[ReefBeta]

euphyllia adapt to high light pretty well in tlmy experience. I only have three, one of them is a gold torch. All are mounted to the top of the rock a day or two after purchased, to about 200~300 par. None show stress on the light.

YMMV of course.

 

[Billldg]

I have my TSA Black Panther torch, aka NY Knicks in my SPS dominant tank and I have it in about 200 par. It went from a single head to around 14 now. I do feel that the color may have faded a little, but its just a response to the higher lighting. My torch has never shown any stress at all.

 

[Damian reef boi]

Nice I'll take it slow then.

 

[kartrsu]

IME - the issue with light is not the absolute amount - its the speed of change. I dont know if there is any 'limit' as to what they can 'stand'. It might help if you had a par meter (lots of LFS offer them to borrow (or rent) - so that you can actually see what you're changing from. For example - if you look at my build thread (check the signature) - you will see a huge (its about 2 feet long) - piece of Green star polyp - which supposedly does best in 'low flow' and 'lower light' - when my lights are at their peak - they are at 700 PAR - and the GSP is fine - but it's used to it. A year ago - I traded some of it to my LFS - and it went from looking great to looking not so great - (in their tank) - because of lower light. Its all a matter of acclimation time IME.

This 100%.

 

[kartrsu]

I have my TSA Black Panther torch, aka NY Knicks in my SPS dominant tank and I have it in about 200 par. It went from a single head to around 14 now. I do feel that the color may have faded a little, but its just a response to the higher lighting. My torch has never shown any stress at all.

Does the NY torch color up more at lower par because more zooxanthellae?

 

[Johnny_xb]

Echoing the other statements. It can handle a good amount of par as long as it is acclimated properly.