Lights from Steves LEDS

[valshebeko]

Hello all,

I have a 29 gal BioCube and have been the hobby for about 2 months although I have kept 175 gal fresh water tanks for 30 years.

The lights are blue and white 16,000 K.

I have soft polyps and some mushrooms.

I run the lights both blue and white at 50%. The mushrooms are in the "shade" of some rocks rhe others are about 8 - 10 inches down in the water column.

How much light do I need to be running and how is light measured ? In LUX ?

Thank you very much.

Val

 

[thegrun]

You would like to have a reading of around 50 PAR (read with a PAR Meter) at thr bottom of your tank for most soft corals. Shoot for at least 100 PAR for light demanding corals.

 

[valshebeko]

So fifty to a hundred par. How do I know if it is a "demanding" coral ? Sorry to be such a dunce.

V

 

[valshebeko]

and thank you very much for answering. Ordered one of these: Hydrofarm LG17010 Digital Light Meter from Amazon.

 

[acabgd]

and thank you very much for answering. Ordered one of these: Hydrofarm LG17010 Digital Light Meter from Amazon.

That's not really the lightmeter you need, actually it is useless for reef aquariums. You would need something like this:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B007Z...165_QL70&qid=1409181302&sr=8-5#ref=mp_s_a_1_5

As for which corals are demanding and whic are not, I suggest you visit liveaquaria.com and read there about various corals and care.

 

[pyithar]

So fifty to a hundred par. How do I know if it is a "demanding" coral ? Sorry to be such a dunce.

V

https://sites.google.com/a/asira.org/www2/caresheets

useful ^^^