Par levels in my tank

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Can anyone see if these par levels look too high or too low for my SPS. Mostly the descriptions that are underlined are the ones I'm most concerned about. Tank is a 40 breeder running a Maxspect Razor X R5-150, stock height on the legs, it's still not maxed out on the sliders.

Hammer Coral - 180par, single head looks good, 2 months old

Duncan Coral Left side of tank - 140par
, 5 heads kind of meh, 9 months old

Duncan Coral Right side of tank - 230par
, 5 heads looks good, 9 months old

Green Birdsnest Left side of tank - 115par
, half dollar size dark green in color, 10 months old

Green Birdsnest Right side of tank - 220par
, half dollar size bright neon green in color, 10 months old

Orange Plate Montipora - 230par
, 3"x3" looks good, 10 months old

Aussie Ice Fire Echinata - 230par
, frag looks good so far but has purple tips instead of blue, 3 weeks old

Aussie Rainbow Shortcake - 300par
, frag looks good so far, 3 weeks old

Aussie Horrida - 350par
, frag looks good so far, 3 weeks old

Bali Green Slimmer - 380par
, growing good with bright neon green, 3 months old

Ora Pearlberry - 345par
, hasn't grown much but is starting to encrust bright green, 3 months old

Acropora millepora sp? - 360par
, encrusting but not real colorful, looks pale green with brownish polyps, 3 months old

BC Rainbows in Spain - 270par
, encrusting but seems paled out, has purple tips and whitish/tan base, 3 months old

Purple Scroll Coral - 250par
, 4"x5" looks good, 10 months old

POTO Mean Green Acan - 150par
, 4 heads looks good, 2 months old

Orange Acan - 150par
, 2 heads looks good, 2 months old

Front frag rack - 200par

JF Rainbow Stylophora, looks a bit pale, only a week old
Walt Disney Tenuis Acropora, looks a bit pale, only a week old
Aussie Horrida, only a week old
Miyagi Tortuosa, looks good, only a week old

Corner side frag rack - 80par

Orange Plate Montipora, slow grow but bright orange
Green Birdsnest, slow grown and a medium green in color
 
I don't see any numbers that give me real concern, although I think the green bird's nest PAR are a tad low - but if they've made it 10 months in that amount of light I tend to think they've adapted.
 
The Birdsnests in the low par areas are there intentionally just to see how they do. So far the only things I’ve noticed is slow growth and a dark green color. Rather than the bright light neon green like the one in high light that has faster growth. All three frags were grown from less then 1/4” frags.
 
The Birdsnests in the low par areas are there intentionally just to see how they do. So far the only things I’ve noticed is slow growth and a dark green color. Rather than the bright light neon green like the one in high light that has faster growth. All three frags were grown from less then 1/4” frags.
Congratulations on your successes. I'll make a note of the colors as they relate to light intensities. This sort of thing fascinates me.
 
@Dana Riddle

Here’s the 3 of them so you can see the colors and growth. All were fragged 10 months ago and even lived through that hurricane we had on the east coast with 3 days of no power. It’s truly amazing how resilient this coral was.

80par
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220par
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115par
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