Thoughts on this Torch placement?

Love It or Leave It

  • Love It

    Votes: 3 75.0%
  • Leave It

    Votes: 1 25.0%
  • I believe the FLOW is too low

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I believe the FLOW is too high

    Votes: 0 0.0%

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The PAR is 265 and I have had this torch for 3 weeks or so. I just don't see the long tentacles that I would like. Do you think this frag would benefit from a lower PAR?

Some key points:
1. It did NOT have long tentacles in the LFS
2. It kinda looks light in the color, I def think the LFS had more blues cranking vs my home.
3. The tip's color isn't so much only on the tip, it blends about 1/3 down the tentacle.
4. I can place it slightly lower. What's an ideal/acceptable PAR, please commit below

Love It = stays as it
OR
Leave It = move the coral to a lower spot
 
I think it's doing fine. I usually have around 100-150 PAR for my torches, but yours seems reasonably happy with your PAR.
OK, my concern is the PAR. Seems where ever I look they say low to med light (80-150). We'll see. it's in my home office so I am in there often enough.
 
Curious to know how the torch is doing. I have a couple of torches at around 230 PAR and worried as well.
It seems to be doing ok. The tentacles seem to be a little further (not as long as I would like, but longer).

Full disclosure, I had a break-out of brown algae and lowered the intensity of the kessil to 50% on sunday. I will gradually increase it again. But it seems ok... I hope.
 

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