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[auditech17]

Keep looking or post here for intensity/par estimates from xr15(and how high fixture is mounted from water)

It’s mounted about 8 inches from water

 

[auditech17]

Keep looking or post here for intensity/par estimates from xr15(and how high fixture is mounted from water)

It is about 8 inches from water

 

[Uncle99]

Cleaner shrimp 2 longfin clowns, a counch 4 nassarius snails 1 scarlet hermit crab and one trouchous snail nope just me

You show coralline algae on the glass so light can’t that that far out.

You don’t get to have any input on where your nems go. They will move until happy, so set the light for corals. It may take time but for every change you make, stuff will have to get used to it…..just leave them.

From a general view, 250-300 par top, 150-175 par mid, and 80-100 par bottom are reasonable if you can measure par.

Without knowing, it’s always better to underlight rather than over. Start where you are and increase 5% monthly and watch what corals are doing. Do they look full at peak period?

 

[auditech17]

You show coralline algae on the glass so light can’t that that far out.

You don’t get to have any input on where your nems go. They will move until happy, so set the light for corals. It may take time but for every change you make, stuff will have to get used to it…..just leave them.

From a general view, 250-300 par top, 150-175 par mid, and 80-100 par bottom are reasonable if you can measure par.

Without knowing, it’s always better to underlight rather than over. Start where you are and increase 5% monthly and watch what corals are doing. Do they look full at peak period?

So last night when I turned the light to 40% intensity I walked in and looked and saw hammer opened a lot more as well as GSP

The one nem was on top of rock stretching for light and other was still up top near water line.

I still have wave maker off it’s been 2 days, is that ok?

 

[auditech17]

You show coralline algae on the glass so light can’t that that far out.

You don’t get to have any input on where your nems go. They will move until happy, so set the light for corals. It may take time but for every change you make, stuff will have to get used to it…..just leave them.

From a general view, 250-300 par top, 150-175 par mid, and 80-100 par bottom are reasonable if you can measure par.

Without knowing, it’s always better to underlight rather than over. Start where you are and increase 5% monthly and watch what corals are doing. Do they look full at peak period?

So last night when I turned the light to 40% intensity I walked in and looked and saw hammer opened a lot more as well as GSP

The one nem was on top of rock stretching for light and other was still up top near water line.

I still have wave maker off it’s been 2 days, is that ok?

 

[Uncle99]

No, it should be on.
Just not directly at any coral.
I’d just maintain stability for the next month.

 

[Uncle99]

So this nem in my tank loves the top, same like yours.
No idea why he went from bottom to top.

 

[auditech17]

So this nem in my tank loves the top, same like yours.
No idea why he went from bottom to top.

Is the nem supposed to be so stretched like that? I have it at 5% is that too low?

 

[auditech17]

So this nem in my tank loves the top, same like yours.
No idea why he went from bottom to top.

Wow that’s huge! Looks good! How big of a tank do you have?

 

[Uncle99]

Wow that’s huge! Looks good! How big of a tank do you have?

180g