Restore blue

[drtrash]

I have a few play that use to have blue fringe, how do I get it back? I have ai led with supplemental colors so can adj not sure if blue is a shallow color or deep

 

[organism]

Do you mean you can't adjust the white to blue balance? Because that's what's messing up your blue... Too much white fades it out pretty quickly.

 

[drtrash]

I have whites low < 40% max, was not sure what excites the blue color. The royal blue & blue are between 50-65%. Iadded a supplemental color panel of UV, Red, Green and warm white but have only been running it for 2 hr at high point of day. maybe will add to run time. Blue is a hard color to get to come out

 

[organism]

Adding to run time will probably hurt more than help, the reason the blue isn't coming out is because it's either getting faded by too much light or covered up by zooxanthellae algae due to light/nutrients. Have you tried giving them some shade?

 

[jda]

Is the blue gone in the coral, or you just cannot show it off right?

 

[drtrash]

good point, they really seem to like the high light, fully open and growing but the subtle colors are washed

 

[worm5406]

do you have some before and after pics in the same type light?