I decided to change my lighting schedule from a 10 hr of 60% intensity Royal blue/UV and 10% CW to 3 hours just RB then to RB+CW for 4 hours and then back to 3 hours just RB to finish off the day. Some of my corals have had a dramatic color change. My rastas which I've had for almost a year did not have a blue outer ring. It was actually brown but now appears completely blue during the 4 hours of RB/CW in which it normally appeared brownish. I've notice orange appearing in corals now in the RB+CW time frame from corals that were originally brown. Dropping the CW for a certain time period of the day has really brought out alot of new colors. However, I'm not sure what the affects on growth are going to be but the corals appear very happy and healthy. I wanted to share this knowledge and at the same time see if anyone else has noticed this.
Noticing a dramatic change in Blue/white lighting schedule
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terrypercula
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I've noticed this when purchasing zoas from a tank with halides. Ibbrjng them home and in a week or so the colors are popping out at you. All the browns color up and all the color that seems faded kind of explodes at you.
