How Much PAR for an LTA?

[MHG]

What PAR range should be fine for an LTA? Mine seems to be doing fine but I just picked up the clubs PAR meter and I want to be shure... 50-100 good?

 

[MHG]

Afternoon Bumpski

 

[shred5]

Well with how much we focus on par not many people have ever taken par readings by a per organism bases. Be interesting those who have had success would actually take par readings by their specimens. But there are other factors and thats duration of that par.

 

[MHG]

Well since most lta's and carpets are on the sand and we shoot for a 50-100 PAR on the sand, I am assuming it is OK...

 

[shred5]

50 to 100 par is a wide range? Most carpets require more light than a lta but honestly I am not sure were lta's come from. Some Carpets come from very shallow water. Now it also depends on what we are calling carpets.

When I keep magnificas, gigantas or Haddon's, crispas and malu's I shoot for higher light. Be kind of cool if some people took different par readings for their carpet anemones.

 

[MHG]

Well I am just going off some basic ranges offered up by Dr. Sanjay Joshi. One of which is a PAR range for the sand bed is 50-100 PAR.

 

[sneaton]

i have a lta thats 18" in diameter in a 28 gallon with 130w of power compacts.....so not to much par.....its been withView attachment 186456 me for a year and a half

 

[MHG]

Morning Bumpski

 

[MHG]

Bumpis

 

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i have a lta thats 18" in diameter in a 28 gallon with 130w of power compacts.....so not to much par.....its been withView attachment 186456 me for a year and a half

That anemone is really reaching for the light. LTAs are usually spread out on the sand.

 

[MHG]

Mine is kind of spread out... Most of the time so I guess it is happy...