Mushrooms and Par

[Braves Fan]

I have been adding a lot of mushrooms to the tank lately it appears that my light setting are to high,, a couple are getting a bleached look to them even though they are down 18 inches in the tank,,, I should still be good with them,,, I turned my LED white light % down two percent last night.

So,,, my question,,, what Par number should I be giving my mushrooms,,, I have a Par Meter,

 

[Jamesholt]

around 90-100 on the sand is a good starting place

 

[Braves Fan]

I may have turned the lights down a bit to much ,,, I was thinking ,,, lol thats never a good thing ,, give the corals a few days to re adjust from them being,,,a bit to high,, I will get my Par meter back from my friend tomorrow and see just where I am at with the settings,,,

 

[Frop]

I had mine somewhere around 90-150 in my nano. Over a few months no damage.

But just want to acclimate if they were use to lower or it's easier to bleach.

 

[Nano sapiens]

Depends on the type of mushroom. Many Discosoma and Rhodactis do better in lower light, Ricordia can take more . IME, 150 PAR with LEDs is around the max for R. florida without obvious bleaching, and as Frop mentioned, they need careful acclimation to this higher light.