Zoas are reaching in my 10g

[reeferphil89]

Yeah I know that and if I get a par reader what should my pats be at

 

[joshporksandwich]

I keep most of my zoas from 150-250 par.
20150724-DSC_0743 by joshporksandwich, on Flickr

 

[reeferphil89]

Pars

 

[Armydogracing]

Thats about where mine is at also 3" under the water surface

 

[reeferphil89]

Yeah I'm goin to get a par reader where should n what part of my tank should read what?

 

[reeferphil89]

Sorry asking stupid questions I'm clueless when it comes to this stuff

 

[Armydogracing]

Your good i wasnt sure how to use one either. What i personally did was measured what the par was above the water, 2" below the water, 4" below the water, then every 3" till i got to the bottom. Then i measured from different points in the tank.

 

[reeferphil89]

Ok that sounds easy to do I'll put a ruler and measure from there now what should my par levels be at joshporkchopsandwish keeps his at 150-250 but does that matter because of the size and depth of the tank

 

[Armydogracing]

Tank depth matters and how far the lights are from the top of the water. Truthfully you can adjust the lights to that par when you figure out what yours is first. I suggest using the coral acclimatization function on the primes

 

[joshporksandwich]

Sorry asking stupid questions I'm clueless when it comes to this stuff

i asked a lot dumber questions than that when i started lol. Ask away that's how you learn.

 

[reeferphil89]

Yeah I know thank you and on I found out that the corals that are reaching are palys so I was told that they will have a "stalk"

 

[joshbbert]

Crank them blues up son!

 

[Devlin]

I raised my prime 100% blues and violet. 50% on white. 20% on green and red. Still reaching in my tank. Been like this for 3 weeks now.

 

[RMS18]

I have a 30 gallon, 18 deep.. green red 3, white 25, blues 65, Uv 50, violet 55. Blues still need to increase a bit. Set the accumulation mode 30% for a week.. or just increase manually daily. I will be getting a second prime so my pars are even from left to right on any level of tank.