Need some help with SPS

[spinsonic]

Hi all,

i'm looking through pages and pages of beautiful sps pics on RC, and wondering why in the world mine doesnt look the same. What am I doing wrong here? My sps looks brown and lack of color. Also hardly any polyp extension on any of them. Tank consist of 10x 80w t5, 2 mp40es. Dosing ESV Ca, Alk, and Mag along with vodka, activated carbon and gfo.


video quality isnt all that. taken from iphone5 camera, so please select watch in hd and tell me if thats normal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6dA90tfxGo&feature=plcp


ph: 8.2
Phosphates: .00 to 04
Ammonia: 0
Nitrates: 0
Nitrites: 0
Calcium: 475
alk: 8.4dkh
Magnesium: 1400
temp: 77-79
salinity: 1.025

 

[dvanacker]

Well the tanks looks good....but first of all you have to have the right corals. Not all sps are going to be colorful, or even thrive for that matter, in an aquarium. It seems like you have a lot of mariculture or wild corals. What you see maybe their full potential. Another factor though is going to be the age of your system. Even if you are on the right track it can take 6 months before a tank starts to see really nice colors.

 

[Acronic]

That flame angel is likely not helping with PE

 

[spinsonic]

Well the tanks looks good....but first of all you have to have the right corals. Not all sps are going to be colorful, or even thrive for that matter, in an aquarium. It seems like you have a lot of mariculture or wild corals. What you see maybe their full potential. Another factor though is going to be the age of your system. Even if you are on the right track it can take 6 months before a tank starts to see really nice colors.

their actually all wild sps. know this guy that orders them direct and provide an awesome price. Am i buying the wrong sps? sorry i'm fairly new to the hobby.


"Acronic That flame angel is likely not helping with PE"
i watch the angel very closely and doesnt look like she's nibbling on any of the sps. really like it; therefor wanted to give it a shot. Besides, i have a great fish trap for tank wreckers.

 

[toothman]

flame angel never helped pe of my coral.

Looks like brown coral to me, except possibly a tricolor that should be nicer.

I really really think acros look better when nitrate is more like 2ppm. and phosphate .02-.05

Why not buy something like a red planet, super easy to grow and nice.
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