Explaining Aquarium Lighting for Growing Plants (PAR Explained)

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‎ When it comes to planted aquarium lights, many people want to know the PAR rating. PAR stands for "photosynthetic active radiation" and basically measures how bright a plant light is. However, many things can effect the PAR rating of a light - such as the distance from the light, height of the tank, use of an aquarium lid or not, and placement of the plants.
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[@clayd9477]

With great PAR comes great responsibility

[@brute93]

Cory, you're the man when it comes to teaching and explaining

[@billy1503]

To anybody who may be curious what par their light is putting out, there’s an app called photone that can provide fairly accurate readings!

[@travismorgan9273]

After always wondering every time I had an algae problem or my plants wouldn’t grow if I had too much light or not enough, I bought a PAR meter. Really helps with troubleshooting an aquarium. One of my best aquarium purchases.

[@Kado244]

Plant nerd video 📹

[@savannamm]

I had a little 6g tank that the lid broke. I could not find a small, dimmable light that would fit on it and the one I had was creating SO MUCH ALGAE. I ended up getting red root floaters and had to thin them out weekly because they grew so well from such high light and my algae problem got much better

[@dinoguy6738]

I wish all company's would make a video like this for their lights.

[@spenceroverbeck3896]

PAR is an amazing tool when setting up your lighting. Being a mostly salt water keeper, this is a measurement that we use extensively for coral and macro algae. I've been waiting for a freshwater dive into PAR. Great video as always!!

[@lam4517]

We are watching a video about lighting, yet Cory is in the dark :-)

[@shanes-aquatic]

I'd say this video is pretty much on PAR with Cory's other educational videos. 😎

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Please keep the nerd videos coming! I am less than a year into the hobby and ACO has been a massive wealth of information. I truly appreciate the helpful guidance! Thanks so much to Cory and the whole co op crew!

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Great video. I always learn so much when I watch Aquarium Co-Op videos. This one is things I never knew I wanted to know but when I watched it I realized I really did. Thanks Cory!

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Thanks for taking the time to fully explain and break things down as ya do so well👍

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Thanks @Aquarium Coop! Great video with a TON of useful information!

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Awesome video, awesome information! I can listen to Cory all day playing with his aquariums!

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Such a great video! Love the experiments.

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[@audrameyer9558]

Thank you, Cory. This was VERY informative. I have lots to think about now about in regards to my light placement.

[@haildiaboli709]

Best in depth vid on lighting. before I got my plants in my aquarium I was asking all over local petstores, the distance, from the plants how the water effects the light how, screen cages /tops break up light, and they all looked at me like what 😂, cause I came from the reptile hobby and light is the most important things, that being said I was too critical and was thinking about it too much, This video clarified a few things for me and making it easier to understand.