colors better or worse???

jminick2

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how long till I see a difference in coloring it's been 1 month of MH. obviously growth has picked up. phosphates are undetectable with Hanna checker

Feb 2 under LED



today

 
I would say that the bulk of whatever color change was going to happen would have happened already.

To me that coral looks a little bit lightish. It's not enough information to say for sure, but I have a hunch that increasing organic nutrients (while keeping inorganic low) would deepen the color some if that's what your after.

Whiskey
 
Why do you want your phosphates to be undetectable? Are you running zeo?
they probably aren't. I have a 713 Hanna checker it's not the ultra low range one, but it says 0.

To be honest I never check them but I knew someone would ask given the tint of brown so I checked it today. as far a nitrates I don't check those too often either but when I do its always under 5. so i wouldn't say I'm running 0.

oh and I read that wrong thought it said zero but no I don't run ZEO only thing I add is kalk.
 
I would say that the bulk of whatever color change was going to happen would have happened already.

To me that coral looks a little bit lightish. It's not enough information to say for sure, but I have a hunch that increasing organic nutrients (while keeping inorganic low) would deepen the color some if that's what your after.

Whiskey
so things like amino acids ?
 
so things like amino acids ?


Yeah, or whatever. I feed Misys (but don't thaw first I just hold it next to my powerhead to blast it everywhere) then turn off my skimmer on a timer for 30 min so the corals get the little bits. I also feed coral foods like Oyster feast, Zooplancton, oyster eggs, etc - all these foods get rotated but I feed twice a day, for the corals in the morning when the lights are out, and for the fish when the lights are on.

Whiskey
 
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