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Originally posted by wayne in norway
A sfiligoi with retrofitted cooling, and aquascience tubes. I would be very surprised if you didn't benefit from active cooling as even a 'bare' tube (tube + endcaps) runs too hot. You should be able to hold your tubes comfortably as you want them to be running as close to 35C as possible. All the same, those numbers look duff to me.
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hello wayne,
I am not using a sfiligoi set. Mine's a self-made retrofit with active cooling fans, so yeah. Somehow I still don't find 6 tubes are sufficient to me. IT'S WAY TOO CALM for my eyes unless I look into the tubes directly. If not, through the glass, the effect is mild.
Could it be something to do with my eyes or my 12mm thick glass?
Anyway wayne, the readings are inaccurate. I remeasured the LUX directly from the tubes last night. They were at 47000 LUX, 3 inches from the tubes (or on the water surface). Is that a crazy reading?
LUX to PAR is a divsion of 51 from the LUX readings. So I am getting like 921 for PAR?!
Happy Reefing,
Marc J.