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Old 09-26-2014, 02:18 AM
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Found a Ecotech Radion Par Calculator. Just type in your peak levels and brightness and it will give you a rough estimate of the par in your tank given your lights are roughly 8" above your tank water. It also shows you where certain corals should be placed.

http://www.aquaticlog.com/radion
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Old 09-27-2014, 04:46 AM
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thats cool! thanks for sharing!
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Wish this was available for Kessil lights too...
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I would be interested in see how accurate this tool actually is.

We have 6 Radions on our 300G DD.

Right now its saying I only have 342 PAR @ 1" bellow the water surface.

It also says I can only keep LPS and softies. We are keeping SPS 12" bellow the surface without any issues.
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You'll never truly know until you use your own PAR meter
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I would be interested in see how accurate this tool actually is.

We have 6 Radions on our 300G DD.

Right now its saying I only have 342 PAR @ 1" bellow the water surface.

It also says I can only keep LPS and softies. We are keeping SPS 12" bellow the surface without any issues.
Didn't you say have the same issue with Mitras, Time to invest in a professional PAR meter
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