color help

[chris1292]

Generally if sps are a little pale in color does that mean to little or to much light? Assuming all levels are correct. I have a 125 and tried everything but the lights. I have a 8x80w t5 60" over a 125g. About 12 inches off water.

 

[chris1292]

And all bulbs are 2 months old also have 7 strips of 60" leds

 

[trueblackpercula]

It will be very difficult to help you without pictures.

 

[Reef Bass]

In my experience, pale corals can be a sign of a lighting issue or a lack of nutrients issue. Feeding zooplankton can help with the latter.

Offhand I'd say 8 bulb 60" t5 fixture should be able to light a standard 125 nicely. What bulbs are you using? Any chance of getting some par measurements where your pale corals are? Have the corals been under those lights long? Or are they still acclimating to them? Did they come from a tank with a substantially different lighting setup? What is your lighting schedule?

Many people have issues bleaching corals when switching over to leds. How long have your led strips been in operation? Was your color better before you installed them? With a 8 bulb t5 primary fixture the leds may not be necessary from a par standpoint.

Pictures would help.

 

[chris1292]

In my experience, pale corals can be a sign of a lighting issue or a lack of nutrients issue. Feeding zooplankton can help with the latter.

Offhand I'd say 8 bulb 60" t5 fixture should be able to light a standard 125 nicely. What bulbs are you using? Any chance of getting some par measurements where your pale corals are? Have the corals been under those lights long? Or are they still acclimating to them? Did they come from a tank with a substantially different lighting setup? What is your lighting schedule?

Many people have issues bleaching corals when switching over to leds. How long have your led strips been in operation? Was your color better before you installed them? With a 8 bulb t5 primary fixture the leds may not be necessary from a par standpoint.

Pictures would help.

The ones that lost color were from the wild and the store had them under metal halides. I have all ati bulbs 2 blue 2 aqua 2 actinic 2 purple. Leds on from 11 to 10, bulbs on from 12 to 8. Only one strip of leds were made for reef. The others I put on for a color tint, their more like a moonlight they dont think its to much. I started dosing fuel amino acid a couple days ago looks like its helping a little, pE has definitely improved

 

[jxlex]

Try feeding ur fishes a tad more... Im inclined to a lack of nutrients.

A pic might shed more light to the situation

 

[chris1292]

Bonsai. Leng sy cap. Red planet. Cali tort. And a red monti I think. These were taken right before first fuel dose

 

[chris1292]

Sorry I dont know why it ways flips the pictures?

 

[Henry Colf]

fish poop = coral food.

 

[sasharotty]

I'm with the other posts. Take a nitrate and po4 reading. My guess is 0 on both or close to it. I was in your situation not to long ago. Started feeding more, let po4 climb to 0.03 and nitrates around 5 and the colors are so much better.

 

[chris1292]

Problem could be not enough food I guess. Just took bio oellets if and I only have 4 small fish so not to much fish poop. Dont have a good test kit fo nitrate and po4 but no algea at all in tank so cant be to bad in guess

 

[chris1292]

To get back to the main question my lights are about 13 inches off water line. Should I lower them?

 

[trueblackpercula]

To get back to the main question my lights are about 13 inches off water line. Should I lower them?

Yes to around 8 inches

 

[Reef Bass]

With the exception of the Leng Sy, your corals do not look overlit. Red Planet gets very pink under high light.