Mattl22

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Hi
So I’ve been having trouble coloring up sps
Finally got around to checking my par and was getting 2-300 mid tank 100 on bottom was kinda surprised thought it should be more all bulbs 2 months old
Could it be a ballast issue or heat issue ?
All bulbs seem to be firing properly


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Fixture is 8” above tank prob 10” from top of water tank is 28” deep (I could lower it 6” ) but rather leave it where it is so I can get hands in tank with out messing with fixture
I have Acrilyic custom screen inserts but I measured with and with out screen and there was a Sm difference in par reading
I was using a apogee I believe meter from advanced marine aquatics



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I guess to narrow my ? Down a bit I wanna make sure the fixture it self is working properly
So is it possible that all the bulbs fire up and appear to be fine but for some reason they r not putting out the correct amount of par ?


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Yeah what bulbs are you using? I'm running ATI blue plus and coral plus (4ea) my fixture is about 14" over the water 14" down I am 400 par this is on a shallow tank but should still be putting out more.

Are you running XHO strips with it also?

What model par meter?

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It’s apogee
I bought 2 azure I think they called to try and they look horrible gonna replace with blue +
Seems like most sps guys going with 2 coral + in middle and the rest blue +

Should I go with 4 coral + to give it extra punch ?

Thanks guys any thoughts on maybe adding a fan to try keep it cooler?


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