Reef Tank Lighting Guide
This series teaches you how to emulate the sun to feed your corals, then shows you how to shape and manipulate light to make your reef and corals come alive. Newer reefers will learn how to avoid coral losses caused by too much or too little light, use lighting to solve nuisance slimes, and select the right light for their tank the first time.
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SR Labs | Reef Tank Lighting
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Can You Use A Watt Meter To Estimate Par In Your Tank? EP 1 | SR LABS
Time to learn how we are going to go about using a watt meter to set up our lights. Can it even be done? Don't forget we are giving most of these lights away when we are done
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LPS Success! Estimating PAR With a Watt Meter. EP 2 LPS Zone | SR LABS
We tested the SR 1 Watt per Gallon Rule with 6 different light sources. You be the judge, but I think we’ve found something—this $30 meter could save countless corals without the need for a $500 PAR meter.
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Compact SPS Success! Estimating PAR With a Watt Meter. EP 3 Zone | SR LABS
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Large SPS Success! Estimating PAR With a Watt Meter. EP 4 Zone | SR LABS
We tested the SR 2.75 Watt per Gallon SPS rule with five different light sources. You be the judge, but I think we’ve found something—this $30 meter could save countless corals without the need for a $500 PAR meter.
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