URS PAR reading picture thread

[fatrip]

where is Rick out of??

 

[MarkKlier]

Near Cortland I think...MK

 

[rigleautomotive]

hi,i was wondering how much a meter like this would sell for and where can one be purchased.i want to see if i can get some of our club members to go in on one.thanks Dan

 

[Rick Maley]

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Par readings with my t5 lighting total of 7 bulbs with 3 over driven 390 at surface about 2 inches below but the drop off seemed good lowest reading was 250 near bottom of tank. Debating on overdriving anouther 3 . RickM I',m in Preble just north of Cortland.

 

[MarkKlier]

Rick I think those are plenty high enough, depending on what you want to grow....MK

 

[fatrip]

Rick, what are you over driving them with? IC660? When you are done with it Rick i could stop up and grab it from you to bring it down here to the southern tier. Thanks.

Vince

 

[Rick Maley]

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Vince, I'm using the ice cap 660. I just have to clear it with Mark. Rick M

 

[MarkKlier]

Rick that would be fine. Vince just keep me posted on where it is. Also try to get as many people to measure their tanks as you can. It is most useful to get pictures especially of corals that have been under a certain par for a long period of time.
MK

 

[fatrip]

sounds good i can do that. i should be able to take pics of them. define long periods of time...lol...now i gotta get building my led light for my nano...i new i would get some kind of motivation soon...Rick let me know when is good for you. thanks

vince

 

[Ellery]

The Quantum Meter from Apogee costs around $260. I just ordered one the day before the Frag Meet at Marks's. I'm still waiting for mine to show up. The main purpose i ordered mine si because I want to monitor my bulb life and hate to throw away bulbs prematurely.

I just experienced some bleaching on a few frags I bought from Nrogers with this 250W HQI Hamilton 14k. I should have know better than to place it directly in site on the rack in the middle shelf. I should have placed it in my main tank which had 15k &20K bulbs or at the botton below my lowest frag rack to get some shielding. Oh well another frag bites the dust... Will have to get some new stuff from Nate next time.

 

[fatrip]

hey Mark I went and got the PAR meter today. it is at my house now.

 

[MarkKlier]

Great let me know what readings you get...MK

 

[magdelan]

My PAR reading was around 90 at OCC last time I went.

When will this meter be back in the rochester area? I would liuke to test the PAR of my new light system as soon as I get it up.

 

[rjrobert]

If it's still in Rochester let me know. I would like to throw it under my 3-400w MH's and 6-96w PC Actinics.

 

[MarkKlier]

It will be back at the end of this month.
MK

 

[josh.vince]

i would like to get in line .... i'm wondering what PAR i'm getting from my 2x150W 10K HQI MHs

 

[MarkKlier]

PLEASE remember evryone that this works best if you get pics with the PAR readings and post them in this forum. Thanks MK

 

[spinoleo]

has anyone have readings say mh 1 week old then 8 weeks 6 mon 1 year and t5 doing the same?

 

[fatrip]

OK here is my data.

This is a 55 gallon standard tank. It has 2 175w XM10,000 driven by a generic magnetic ballast that pulls about 192 watts from the wall. Also over this tank there are 2 48" VHO super actinics that are driven by an ARO ballast that pulls about 108 watts from the wall. The coordenates of point 4 and point 12 are directly under the MH's. The Graph is in inch bellow the water surface.

 

[Gary Majchrzak]

Mark- thanks for making this Apogee available to us. Based on my measurements I deduced that my Stichodactyla gigantea was located in one of the "dimmest" areas of my reef aquarium and I improved it's lighting- a move that will certainly have a direct benefit on this animals health