Manwolf, I have a similar setup but I have a 6 bulb retro over a 29G. When I went on vacation last year I turned off my skimmer and noticed some improvement in color when I got home. I then removed my activated carbon and started running my skimmer only about 50% of the time and everything is coloring up including an acro that is supposed to be purple but has been nearly white since I got it over a year ago.
Bleached color in Acros help!
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DustinB
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As another stated, it has been shown in some cases of extremely low nutrient tanks for colors to turn pale. In my case, from vodka dosing, I was dealing with the same issue. I started feeding rod's original food and the colors started coming back. I have also read many cases of amino acids helping as well. I will be trying this when my bottle gets here tomorrow.
I was playing around with the position of my MP10 and i put it 3 inch under the surface of the water and the flow of my aquarium is 10x better now.... The polyp extensions on of my healthy sps is much better today. Maybe the corals didnt have enough flow with the MP lower in the tank. I will keep you guys posted. I also went out and bought Rods coral food. I will feed 2 times a week and see how that goes. Any other suggestions out there?
I have plenty of other frozen foods aswell that i feed. I got mysis/cyclop eeze, different mixed frozen foods as well. I have a ton of vermetid snails all over my LR and i read somewhere to not feed alot to get rid of them and thats the reason why i didnt feed my corals. I recently started to spot feed as well so we will see how the corals do. Dosing wise iv heard i should try Potassium/Iodine/Amino Acids what are some suggestions and why is it necessary?
Acrotrdco
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+1 - it's PIF (Potassium Iodide Floride) that's adding blue, and PIF is mostly iodide.
Potassium helps with red actually, I'm using both Potassium and B-Bal, not sure if it helped with the red but my pink cat's paw is really pink
From the picture it looks like your purple acro's are losing it, purple acro's need a TON of light, try positioning them a little higher where they'll receive more light, and see if their coloration improves.
I dont think that its from the light. They are about 20inch from the light, and i also have a purple tabling acro that is a good purple and its in the same place. Iv had it in my tank a month or 2 longer than the corals that are bleached. But now that i think about it, that acro was bleached a month ago and recently its looked deep purple...
Acrotrdco
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Well the species you shown in the photos, from my experience, needs lot of light, and each species have their own light requirements.
Deep purple ones are typically the one that needs lots of light, granted it's not always the case, but if you've checked your water parameter and they're in good condition, water flow is good, KH is stable, then light is the only remaining thing that I'd consider checking.
I just posted this on the other thread which is asking pretty much the same question, you should go take a look:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=18246815&postcount=5
Deep purple ones are typically the one that needs lots of light, granted it's not always the case, but if you've checked your water parameter and they're in good condition, water flow is good, KH is stable, then light is the only remaining thing that I'd consider checking.
I just posted this on the other thread which is asking pretty much the same question, you should go take a look:
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showpost.php?p=18246815&postcount=5
The reason why i dont think its the lights is because my friend that i got them from had them under almost the same exact light. He has a bigger tank and ATI fixture but his fixture is almost 6inch higher than mine is. The bulb combo is almost identical aswell. Could it be that when i got them they were freshly cut that day? Iv hade them for a month, month and a half max... Could they be just still acclimating?
Merfin70
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I had similar problems and made some changes. I would think the photoperiod is a bit long. I went to 6 hours all bulbs on and 8 hours with just 2. I started feeding the fish twice a day. I stopped my vinegar dosing. My SPS aren't completely where I want them but they are WAY better.
Brian Chong
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get one.
my red planet is a red bug magnet too. i dip it every 2 or 3 weeks and it seems to be a coral that colors up really fast. mine was dull looking after i dipped it with a heavy dose of revive but in no time its getting its color back.
my red planet is a red bug magnet too. i dip it every 2 or 3 weeks and it seems to be a coral that colors up really fast. mine was dull looking after i dipped it with a heavy dose of revive but in no time its getting its color back.
Your corals are sick (have pests). I suspect you have AEFW too along with the parasitic copepods.
Read advanced aquarist
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010/3/corals
Read advanced aquarist
http://www.advancedaquarist.com/2010/3/corals
