PAR meter, anyone?

Laura and Jim will be hosting the May meeting this Saturday the 12th and it will be the usual of food, drinks, raffle and fun.
 
Doors will be open at 6:00 pm for social talk and the meeting will start at 7:00.  Parking gets a little tight and the city says you can't park on 4th but there is a parking lot a block away.   Meeting is usually held in the backyard so feel free to bring your favorite lawn chair, weather permitting of course.

If you need address/directions, contact a club member.

Best if you park at Mini Mall (where the spaghetti establishment use to be)
 
You will get to see his new frag tank set up in the making.
 
Hope to see you there!

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[EricsNano]

Hey everyone! I have a new setup that has some led bulbs on it that are a bit more... experimental. They have been used with success, but in a very limited number of instances. I'm wondering if someone would want to come over, bring a par meter, and measure it for me to check the stats. If it's as good as I believe it is, it is less than half the price of CREE leds with what seems to be all the positives. It's an interesting setup that I have- it's a 33 long, with gu10 3x1watt led bulbs. I have 25 of them over the tank, about 10" above the water level, mounted in the bottom side of a "floating" shelf.

I have adult beverages and some weenies for the bbq if someone would like to do this? NOOO, not the kind you find on Twitter... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! REAL ones, from a package in the meat aisle.

And if you need a teaser, I can post a pic... LOL!

[Nate C.]

Don't know of anyone in the club that has a par meter unfortunately.  I've looked at the apogee submersible ones, but haven't convinced myself to spend the $300 for one yet.

[EricsNano]

Well POOP! That's ok. I know what I have works well, and have a good idea what my PAR readings are from other folks' similar builds.

[Ed]

So you are concerned about Algae or Life span of bulbs?

Here are a few hints:
algae proliferates at 665-680 Nanometers
Cyano bacteria grows at same and shorter such as 525- 620 NM.

Just some fun facts I read today.