The Seneye par meter is actually great.

SilvermistInc · May 4, 2022

After having to wait like 3 days to have support switch my seneye from home to reef, I finally got to use the par meter. (Sucks that I got the unit on the weekend.) As a result, I found out that my spectrum is great, my par numbers are amazing for the corals I'm growing, and this thing is definitely worth $200.

My setup right now is a 4 bulb 2ft T5 Vivosun fixture running two blue plus and two purple plus. The light hangs 8 inches above a 20 long. This tank is a frag tank, so everything is at the same height. This reading was taken about 3 inches from the bottom of the tank where the frags sit.

P.S. The black line is my spectrum, not the color chart.

blaxsun · May 4, 2022

Good to hear - appreciate the feedback.

gbroadbridge · May 4, 2022

SilvermistInc said:
After having to wait like 3 days to have support switch my seneye from home to reef, I finally got to use the par meter. (Sucks that I got the unit on the weekend.) As a result, I found out that my spectrum is great, my par numbers are amazing for the corals I'm growing, and this thing is definitely worth $200.

My setup right now is a 4 bulb 2ft T5 Vivosun fixture running two blue plus and two purple plus. The light hangs 8 inches above a 20 long. This tank is a frag tank, so everything is at the same height. This reading was taken about 3 inches from the bottom of the tank where the frags sit.

P.S. The black line is my spectrum, not the color chart.

On the other hand, mine is useless unless I halve the number it shows to make it agree with the Apogee MQ510.

Bpb · May 4, 2022

gbroadbridge said:
On the other hand, mine is useless unless I halve the number it shows to make it agree with the Apogee MQ510.

See, I A/B’d a seneye with an apogee qm510 (two apogees actually), and the seneye read about 50% LOWER than the apogee units did. I was running an 8x54 watt t5ho unit at the time of the test. Odd

KStatefan · May 4, 2022

Seems to depend on what firmware it is running if the reported number is twice the actual number.

3429810 · May 4, 2022

gbroadbridge said:
On the other hand, mine is useless unless I halve the number it shows to make it agree with the Apogee MQ510.

Can you not update it or something to fix it? Pretty sure it’s a well know firmware issue.

SilvermistInc · May 4, 2022

gbroadbridge said:
On the other hand, mine is useless unless I halve the number it shows to make it agree with the Apogee MQ510.

That's a firmware issue. You've gotta have it on v6 to have it be accurate again.

KStatefan · May 4, 2022

SilvermistInc said:
That's a firmware issue. You've gotta have it on v6 to have it be accurate again.

How do you update to v6?

SilvermistInc · May 4, 2022

KStatefan said:
How do you update to v6?

Gotta contact seneye support sadly :/

SilvermistInc · May 4, 2022

Bpb said:
See, I A/B’d a seneye with an apogee qm510 (two apogees actually), and the seneye read about 50% LOWER than the apogee units did. I was running an 8x54 watt t5ho unit at the time of the test. Odd

What was your seneye firmware? v4?

Bpb · May 4, 2022

SilvermistInc said:
What was your seneye firmware? v4?

I couldn’t tell you it was a long time ago. I was borrowing it

areefer01 · May 4, 2022

There is a thread here or elsewhere that discusses this to include listing firmware. The Seneye is a nice little tool with multiple uses. PAR and out of water alert are both nice features. QT or isolation observation it is also a great tool. Dana also had a few good things to say about it and, well, he knows what he is talking.

As noted - check firmware, email Seneye, and search for the thread. I don't have it handy otherwise I'd link it. Love mine though.

SilvermistInc · May 4, 2022

Bpb said:
I couldn’t tell you it was a long time ago. I was borrowing it

The v4 software really screwed with the par numbers for a while. v6 has since corrected this issue

SilvermistInc · May 4, 2022

areefer01 said:
There is a thread here or elsewhere that discusses this to include listing firmware. The Seneye is a nice little tool with multiple uses. PAR and out of water alert are both nice features. QT or isolation observation it is also a great tool. Dana also had a few good things to say about it and, well, he knows what he is talking.

As noted - check firmware, email Seneye, and search for the thread. I don't have it handy otherwise I'd link it. Love mine though.

I know exactly what thread you're talking about, and the dude had the problem fixed by going from v4 to v6

gbroadbridge · May 4, 2022

SilvermistInc said:
That's a firmware issue. You've gotta have it on v6 to have it be accurate again.

I heard about that, but it says no update available.

I use it for monitoring a QT now and use an apogee that the LFS let me use for free when I need it.

I'll contact Seneye and report back

SilvermistInc · May 4, 2022

gbroadbridge said:
I heard about that, but it says no update available.

I use it for monitoring a QT now and use an apogee that the LFS let me use for free when I need it.

I'll contact Seneye and report back

Do let me know. Seneye fixed my issue the moment they got my email. So hopefully they do the same for you.

Bronx19 · May 4, 2022

Seneye works great. It doesn't need to be accurate, its all relative and I just need it in the ball park.

I have been having issues lately with mine not registering a reading the first few times I plug it in.