How to get better color from my ric. PIC inside
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philosophile
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I haven't seen a lot of change in color in my Florida Ric... Feeding the coral usually doesn't change the color much. I think your Ric pretty good. What did you want out of it?
Khemul
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Shift too heavy actinic lighting and you'll see better colors.
The coral itself won't change colors. But they are one of those corals that sort of glows under actinic lighting. This is often why they look so much brighter in sales pics or at the store. They are using heavy blue lighting to make everything look like it'd glow in the dark. Blue LEDs may also work, depending on the type.
The colors on the coral look good though. That is how they are supposed to look.
The coral itself won't change colors. But they are one of those corals that sort of glows under actinic lighting. This is often why they look so much brighter in sales pics or at the store. They are using heavy blue lighting to make everything look like it'd glow in the dark. Blue LEDs may also work, depending on the type.
The colors on the coral look good though. That is how they are supposed to look.
LAKEM0NSTER
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Your rics are looking happy to me!! Like Khemul said blue LEDs can make those ricordeas really POP!!!
Das awesome
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They're beautiful as they are!!
Fish Biscuit
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I have a 50/50 in my cube & mine glowed in the light. +1 Heavy blue lighting makes the color pop. Your ric looks really good!
Khemul
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I think feeding depends on setup really.
Personally, when I had them in a 120 setup they seemed to like to get fed and grew faster when fed. Now that I have them in a 40B they ignore food, but still grow at the same rate. It all depends how well they can get food on their own. In the 120 there were fish that'd literally rip half eaten food out of their mouths so they didn't have nearly as many chances to catch what the fish were eating.
Personally, when I had them in a 120 setup they seemed to like to get fed and grew faster when fed. Now that I have them in a 40B they ignore food, but still grow at the same rate. It all depends how well they can get food on their own. In the 120 there were fish that'd literally rip half eaten food out of their mouths so they didn't have nearly as many chances to catch what the fish were eating.
Spirofucci
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Yours looks good to me. I have about 14 sorta grouped together under a Radion/T5 and high flow, they look great and have grown about 50% in just a few months.
