frogspawn going from green to brown

Zer0.

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My frogspawn is starting to lose a bit of color, kinda turning from green to brown as you can see in this pic.

14ZWOgw


Params are,
no3: 12 ppm.
Po4: .02-.04 ( hard to read)
alk: 7.28
Cal: 500ppm
Mg:1320ppm
SG: 1.026
Temp: 77°

Have a 6*2*2 foot 180 with a treo of 169watt led modules. Running LEDs at 15% whites/red/green and 60% blues.

I'm thinking my lights are either too high or too low but unsure which. I had a RBTA a little over half way up looking good and bubbled tip, the frogspawn is on the sand bed and I also have a small hammer coral between 1/3 to 1/2 way up that has lost some color in general (tentacles and tips)

Thanks for any help

RBTA
Lne8Ggf


Hammer
Caim3jN


Old pic of hammer.
9e9Z2mi
 
This is just a guess with no pic but brown-ish is a normal color for frogspawn.

Browning can be many things. Zooxanthellae are brown, so it can be caused by high nutrients, excessive feeding, insufficient light, or something else.
 
I just made the images links couldn't figure out how to resize the images.
You can see on the frogspawn the green on one side, it used to all be and the brown it has turned on the other side.

My frogspawn is starting to lose a bit of color, kinda turning from green to brown as you can see in this pic.

http://imgur.com/14ZWOgw

Params are,
no3: 12 ppm.
Po4: .02-.04 ( hard to read)
alk: 7.28
Cal: 500ppm
Mg:1320ppm
SG: 1.026
Temp: 77°

Have a 6*2*2 foot 180 with a treo of 169watt led modules. Running LEDs at 15% whites/red/green and 60% blues.

I'm thinking my lights are either too high or too low but unsure which. I had a RBTA a little over half way up looking good and bubbled tip, the frogspawn is on the sand bed and I also have a small hammer coral between 1/3 to 1/2 way up that has lost some color in general (tentacles and tips)

Thanks for any help

RBTA
http://imgur.com/Lne8Ggf

Hammer
http://imgur.com/Caim3jN

Old pic of hammer.
http://imgur.com/9e9Z2mi
 
The RBTA looks hungry. Feed it a raw meaty seafood morsel about twice a week and it's tentacles will grow longer when it's happy.
 
use the img tag on the actual picture.
Quote this to look at the code.
Picture is massive though.

14ZWOgw.jpg
 
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