Is my PAR too low for an anemone?

[ISFNick]

I'm setting up a Fluval Evo 13.5 and I plan on having a clownfish pair in it--super original, I know haha

I'm planning on populating the tank with LPS coral and I'll be producing 75-100 PAR around the tank, based on BRS's AI Prime LPS settings.

Is this sufficient for a bubble tip anemone?

 

[sfin52]

Bta 125 -200 is where most of mine sit

 

[ISFNick]

Bta 125 -200 is where most of mine sit

What about the PAR numbers I suggested?

 

[sfin52]

Most of the measurements you had are to low you had one spot over 125

 

[DrZoidburg]

Maybe not kill them but they do like higher,

 

[ISFNick]

Most of the measurements you had are to low you had one spot over 125

In that case I'm probably better off just sticking to corals only haha

 

[DrZoidburg]

Think also it probably more than the 75-100 par. Blues don't read as high as others.

 

[sfin52]

In that case I'm probably better off just sticking to corals only haha

Most lps and soft corals like 125-200 as well

 

[James M]

I think you’ll do fine as it’s a smaller tank

 

[A;exr54]

This is an interesting question. I was thinking about asking a similar one.
I have a well established tank, par at bottom is around 100, par at top is about 250.
I’m adding a RBTA this weekend. I’m thinking aiming for the middle on some live rock crevices is good.

 

[ISFNick]

Think also it probably more than the 75-100 par. Blues don't read as high as others.

The measurements were done by BulkReefSupply on a 7.5gal 12"x12"12" tank with an Apogee MQ-510 PAR Meter

 

[ISFNick]

I think you’ll do fine as it’s a smaller tank

Can you expand on this?

 

[ISFNick]

Most lps and soft corals like 125-200 as well

BRS Recommended PAR Range for LPS is 75-150. Not sure what I should shoot for.

 

[outhouse]

What about the PAR numbers I suggested?

You will grow them just fine, they hate to much par, I turned my lights to 8% B and 1% W abd my growth went through the roof.

Dont listen to the na sayers with little nem experience, get one and see. Remember par does not grow coral, its a dumb number that half the time is not an accurate measurement anyway.

 

[outhouse]

This is an interesting question. I was thinking about asking a similar one.
I have a well established tank, par at bottom is around 100, par at top is about 250.
I’m adding a RBTA this weekend. I’m thinking aiming for the middle on some live rock crevices is good.

You will want the bottom, where it can hide.

 

[outhouse]

8% intensity so very low par in a 30" dep 210g

 

[ISFNick]

8% intensity so very low par in a 30" dep 210g

what lights are you running?

 

[outhouse]

what lights are you running?

ocean revive t247 cheap chiner clones made by same company that makes viparspectra black boxs. your typical 3w led chips. at 80% intensity I was cooking everything, and almost quit the hobby. Turning the lights down everything took off, so what you see is 6 months of growth. this pic 6 months ago was with lights to bright, kept RBTAs the size of a 50 cent piece.

 

[MaxTremors]

ocean revive t247 cheap chiner clones made by same company that makes viparspectra black boxs. your typical 3w led chips. at 80% intensity I was cooking everything, and almost quit the hobby. Turning the lights down everything took off, so what you see is 6 months of growth. this pic 6 months ago was with lights to bright, kept RBTAs the size of a 50 cent piece.

I think part of the issue you were experiencing is that you were using cheap lights that don’t have a great spectrum. Your corals to me, at 8%, look washed out and light starved (the sort of translucent pale green color). I know you disagree, but I think with some better quality LEDs, you’d see the same or better growth (BTAs splitting is not always a sign of health or happiness), and much better coloration. To say that PAR values don’t matter or that it’s not what grows corals is just objectively wrong. PAR is what fuels photosynthesis, the vast majority of the corals we keep are photosynthetic and derived the majority of their food (what allows them to grow and reproduce) from photosynthesis.

 

[sfin52]

You will grow them just fine, they hate to much par, I turned my lights to 8% B and 1% W abd my growth went through the roof.

Dont listen to the na sayers with little nem experience, get one and see. Remember par does not grow coral, its a dumb number that half the time is not an accurate measurement anyway.

There's 4 of them there not counting the one I moved to the 120 and to my office tank.