Apogee Par meter

roscoe · Apr 15, 2010

I got a chance to play around with this Meter in my tank. Thanks to a kind fellow reefer. My light Par with a 400w Radium under LumenBright reflectors driven by an IC ballast and bulb about 17'' from the surfce. These are my Par values. Starting at the surface the Par values was 550-600 at 6'' in the water it was 400-450 at 12'' it was 300-350 at 18'' it was 200-250 and at 24'' it was a steady 160. Any how going by this rule here that KevinPo put up.

50-150 PPF most soft corals.
100-250 PPF most LPS (Large Polyp Stony) corals.
250-400 PPF most SPS (Small Polyp Stony) corals.
550-750 PPF the most light demanding SPS corals.

I was rather surprised at how my SPS are doing at 18''. The colors are nice vibrant rich colors even at the lowest lighting for SPS.

TJL · Apr 15, 2010

Great information. Maybe with a few more lighting types measured all the info/data could be moved to a "STICKY" so that the whole club could see/use for determining where to place certain corals for thier chosen lighting configurations. Is this unit from Paul (fragman) and if so, Paul when would you like to make a visit up north to get some more/different data. I could help arrange to get several of us Northenders together for this if interested. Or if I could borrow meter for a short time I'd be happy to record data. PM me if this is of interest to you.

Todd

roscoe · Apr 15, 2010

No it isn't Paul's. I don't want to put his name out there. If he sees this he will chime in.

Katchupoy · Apr 15, 2010

It would be nice if we could also ask the mystery owner of the par meter if we can rent the meter or pay him to check our tank too...

that would be nice...

gothunder3022 · Apr 15, 2010

TJL said:
Great information. Maybe with a few more lighting types measured all the info/data could be moved to a "STICKY" so that the whole club could see/use for determining where to place certain corals for thier chosen lighting configurations. Is this unit from Paul (fragman) and if so, Paul when would you like to make a visit up north to get some more/different data. I could help arrange to get several of us Northenders together for this if interested. Or if I could borrow meter for a short time I'd be happy to record data. PM me if this is of interest to you.

Todd

I've offered to measure DolfinLVR's 180 (he's up north)...we can probably work out a few others while I'm up there.

Katchupoy said:
It would be nice if we could also ask the mystery owner of the par meter if we can rent the meter or pay him to check our tank too...

that would be nice...

I'm more inclined to make a visit than loan/rent the meter out. Always nice to meet fellow reefers. I see you're in Kent...I'm just up in Maple Valley, so I'm sure we can arrange something.

TJL · Apr 16, 2010

Hi (Gothunder3022) Please let me know what day/time you are planning on visiting Jeff (Dolphinlver) so I can maybe help arrange visits to a few more local systems for readings. Within a few miles of me are the following RF'ers (sgwill122, Gordy, Herefishyfishy, grahamsn, tuanp, SYFTBass, Reefreak, rainydave and NC2WA. I will call each and get exact lighting configurations and pm you the info.

A BIG THANKS in advance and look forward to meeting you, Todd