Are my sps Pale?

[bobssecrtsn]

Well after reading up on ULN tanks and what not i wanted to know from other people if you guys think my tank has pale sps,

I myself think that i have brown sps, im not sure what it is and how to fix it

50g Cube 20-30 lbs Live rocks has been setup for 3-4 months(recently moved Dec 1. and everything settled down )
2x 1.1 ml BRS dosers ( 49ml ca daily ) (44 ml alk daily ) w/ ESV 2part
BAC 7 skimmer
250w MH radium bulbs driven by Vue Tech HID E-ballast 7hrs 1-8:30pm
Refuge reverse daylight schedule (trim cheato every 2.5 weeks)
2x TLF reactors - 1) 9 spoons of BRS GFO/ 2)10-16 oz of carbon - both changed monthly
CA-440
ALK-7.8
MG- 1300-1400
po4- 0 with hanna 713
no3-0 RedseaPro
pH - 7.9-8.18 daily
Temp. 77.9- 78.5
I have not had any issues with any swings at all the past month and kept my param. steady,

Dosing Schedule
Daily - Brightwell Coral Amino, FlatwormStop(precaution), Vodka .2ml
Every other day - a mixture of phyto fest and mysis, garlic, reefchilli

i do not have any pest, Besides Red Planaria ( i only found 1 last week will be treating my tank this coming sunday)

this photo was taken on 12-7-12

and this was 11-3-12 before the move

Sorry for the crappy photos i will take some better ones later

 

[bobssecrtsn]

i also use an APEX JR to help monitor my tank.

 

[biggles]

The issue may be your zero phosphate and nitrate levels which may be starving the corals of required nutrients, everything else looks fine. I used to run my SPS tank with zero readings until i put too many fish in and levels rose - the acros colored up way better when i wasn't stripping the water clean.

 

[bobssecrtsn]

I agree with what your saying but my corals looks more brown then pale, brown meaning to much nutrients or not enough light. Lighting can't be an issue here

 

[HV1990]

Do you not have any fish? I would also agree in two clean of a system. Try turning back your lighting schedule. I would say 4-5 hours.

 

[saltyh20]

Cut back on intensity of light. half of what you're running now. That should help.

 

[bobssecrtsn]

can you please explain to me why cutting back lighting would help?

 

[bryman]

You need to have a little PO4 to keep SPS. It's a fine line between too little and too much. I also agree that it's too clean and any PO4 is being consumed immediately by your Cheato and/or GFO. Easiest way to fix it is to add some bioload with fish. Or reduce/eliminate the GFO and see what happens.

Also, if you are running 2x250w MH, that is a ton of light for a 50G cube. Raise the lights at least 12-16" off the water or cut back intensity like saltyh20 said.

 

[Pink Dolphin]

this is odd,hope you find out what the problem was.

 

[GSMguy]

Leave it, the corals don't look pale they look like freshly cut and glued frags. They haven't been in the tank long enought to worry about colors.

 

[bobssecrtsn]

I'm only running 1 250w mh..where did you find 2x 250w lol. I'm cutting back AA for now. And also I am getting brown algae on my power heads and my overflow so I highly doubt my po4 is zero