Loosing purple in my acros

[TotallyAddicted]

Over the last 2 months my Purple Vidalia and Purple Bonaire have both started loosing there deep purple. Nothing has changed as far a testing is concerned. What do you guys do to keep your purple acros colored?

 

[bigzman]

What type of lighting? Parameters? Any chance you are running ULNS?

 

[janes_mw]

+1 to what BigZ asked. Lighting and nutrients in my past experience.

 

[TotallyAddicted]

250w radium 20k halide + 4 T5, 40 breeder and yes to zero nitrates. Rest is always steady with daily dose of reef fusion 1 and 2

 

[bigzman]

You got lighting covered well. If ULNS then consider acropower. I dose reef fusion as well. Acropower helped me boost colors. If you want cheaper look into dosing milk. Look in chem thread.

 

[TotallyAddicted]

I feed my fish twice a day and corals 3-4 times a week but also dose Red Sea Nopox 1 mil every day. Nitrites stay at 0 always. I wI'll have to get more acro power, I just ran out 3 days ago, so don't think that's it. Maybe stop dosing carbon Nopox?

 

[bigzman]

color

color

I would stop Nopox

Before Acro Power



About a month after Acro Power

 

[bigzman]

Forgot to mention I only dose half of the recommended amount as I wanted to make sure there is not ill effects. I might start full dose or check out the milk side.

 

[Snookster]

PO4 is?

 

[TotallyAddicted]

Po4 is 0 - Salifert test. I'll have to get, some more acro power and start dosing that again and cut the Nopox.

 

[aguila88psi]

Need to dose potassium iodide, go very very slow with this one.

 

[ThaBeast]

test K (potassium). Salifrt test kit made me throw the other brands of test kits in the trash!

I know most peoples' tanks usually test fine for K, but when mine gets low (<350) my copps bonsai always looks really pale

 

[risin]

I would get nitrate and phosphate above zero. I do carbon dosing as well. Growth slowed and colors faded when I zeroed out on phosphate and nitrate. Dialed carbon dosing back and increased feeding to bring the levels back up. I shoot under 5 nitrate and .03 phosphate.

 

[Snookster]

^

"colors faded when I zeroed out on phosphate and nitrate"

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