kalan850
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hey there every one
system is a 1 year old biocube 29, 120w chinese led, mixed reef, aquaticlife 115 skimmer.
dkh 9
Ca 400
No3 0
weekly 25% water changes using seachem aquavitro salt
ok so a few of my sps have browned out or turned pale. a green millepora has turned brown(still has great very green polyp extension and growth), while a green montipora digi has turned pale almost white but not bleached(still has great very green polyp extension and showing growth). also a pink monti cap is still pink but has gone very pale. they have been that way for about a month or 2. when i purchased them they were all under led's and had great color. i'm stumped as to why the lost of color has occured!
also have a red monti digi that is flawlessly colored up.
my first thought was Ca my calcium being low but it was in range about 380 when i started testing.
second thought was No3 after testing for that and reading 0 (API test kit) i'm still not sure whats going on?
third thought is my lighting, 120w chinese led's may have been too powerful so i have turned my whites down to about 20% and blues at 45%. i've had them turned down for about a week now and still not the slightest of color gain.
could it be that the light was too bright? could it be that the spectrum is off?
this is realy driving me crazy lol thanks in advance for your response!
system is a 1 year old biocube 29, 120w chinese led, mixed reef, aquaticlife 115 skimmer.
dkh 9
Ca 400
No3 0
weekly 25% water changes using seachem aquavitro salt
ok so a few of my sps have browned out or turned pale. a green millepora has turned brown(still has great very green polyp extension and growth), while a green montipora digi has turned pale almost white but not bleached(still has great very green polyp extension and showing growth). also a pink monti cap is still pink but has gone very pale. they have been that way for about a month or 2. when i purchased them they were all under led's and had great color. i'm stumped as to why the lost of color has occured!
also have a red monti digi that is flawlessly colored up.
my first thought was Ca my calcium being low but it was in range about 380 when i started testing.
second thought was No3 after testing for that and reading 0 (API test kit) i'm still not sure whats going on?
third thought is my lighting, 120w chinese led's may have been too powerful so i have turned my whites down to about 20% and blues at 45%. i've had them turned down for about a week now and still not the slightest of color gain.
could it be that the light was too bright? could it be that the spectrum is off?
this is realy driving me crazy lol thanks in advance for your response!