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hypnoj
08/09/2014, 05:53 AM
Has anyone seen where there is too much lighting for an H. Mag?
Everyone always talks about H. Mags wanting to get the most light possible, and mine stays on the top of the pedestal, but he still shifts around on top of the pedestal a lot. I have the Aurora Puck LED system about 6 inches away from him running at about 50%. Too much light, or too little?

OrionN
08/09/2014, 07:25 AM
My Mag get about 600 PAR and I think he still can take more and be more colorful.
I don't know about Aurora Puck LED. How much light does it put out? Or at least how many watts?

mnchartier
08/09/2014, 08:44 AM
Also what are your nitrates at? A lot of time they start to move around when nitrates start to get high.

hypnoj
08/09/2014, 09:03 AM
My Mag get about 600 PAR and I think he still can take more and be more colorful.
I don't know about Aurora Puck LED. How much light does it put out? Or at least how many watts?

The Aurora has 21 x 3 watt Cree LED's

hypnoj
08/09/2014, 09:04 AM
Also what are your nitrates at? A lot of time they start to move around when nitrates start to get high.

Thanks for that input. My nitrates have been running high (around 10 -20 ppm). I'll keep working at lowering them.