Par meter readings

[Baldy]

Originally Posted by i have crabs

Ill try and find some numbers later but I think under a 8 bulb tek light middle of my tank is around 300-350 with old bulbs and it might be in the 450-500 range when new bulbs are in,I think at the surface of the water it's around 1000

I was expecting my measurements to be around those numbers as well considering if I turn up the intensity anymore it seems like everything doesn't like it. Hence the coralline bleaching\not growing, etc. I guess I'm just surprised how low the numbers were.