sps colour

wez

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i keep a sps reef ,my corals are doing well,pollip extention is good and growth.
question is ,what is the secret to get good colour?
 
It spelled COLOR. The secret is great sps color is stable water parameters ca, alk, mag, ph, temp everything needs to kept stable. Sps do not like any changes, do any changes slowly. Good water quality is important keep po4 as close to 0 as possible and keep no3 from 0-5 ppm max. High flow and good light plays an important role as well, but if you have sps then you should have these covered already. Feeding sps zooplankton also helps with color.
 
It spelled COLOR. The secret is great sps color is stable water parameters ca, alk, mag, ph, temp everything needs to kept stable. Sps do not like any changes, do any changes slowly. Good water quality is important keep po4 as close to 0 as possible and keep no3 from 0-5 ppm max. High flow and good light plays an important role as well, but if you have sps then you should have these covered already. Feeding sps zooplankton also helps with color.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_and_British_English_spelling_differences

See -or, -our in differences between British and American spelling.
 
Us Canadians spell it Colour as well. You silly yanks with your "standard" measurement system and bastardization of our language.
 
It's not the Queen's English. It is referring to a book published more than 100 yrs ago about proper English usage and grammar. Just to continue this tangent:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King's_English

Sorry for that wez.

I concur with what allsps40 stated above. If you are getting your sps to grow, then you are half way there. Now comes what I think is the harder part, stabilizing your system at optimal parameters. Good luck
 
Well...tangents are fun sometimes.

AllSPS....you don't speak American my man. You speak English last time I checked. Only the Indians speak American.

And for all of you we can end this little battle of wits quickly. You all speak derivatives of my native language if we want to get technical....GREEK. Every fish you own, every coral you keep, and every word you say is Latin is all stolen from Greek.
 
Us Canadians spell it Colour as well. You silly yanks with your "standard" measurement system and bastardization of our language.


I am a silly yank and would like to correct your grammar: it is
We Canadians, not Us Canadians. But I do agree that most of us Americans have bastardized the English language.

:wavehand:
 
Haha

Like others have said, if they are growing well, you're half way there. Keeping PO4 low and Alk rock solid will lead to good colors
 
And for all of you we can end this little battle of wits quickly. You all speak derivatives of my native language if we want to get technical....GREEK. Every fish you own, every coral you keep, and every word you say is Latin is all stolen from Greek.

It seems you, and every other person in the Northeast of Greek heritage, need a lesson in linguistics :fun4:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language#Word_origins

English is of predominantly Germanic origin, of which the largest Greek influence is to our concise alphabet of only 26 characters (to the 24 in modern Greek). Where do you think the Greek alphabet is derived from?!? Quick answer, the dominant civilization prior to Ancient Greece, the Phoenicians. Every successful civilization "borrows" from the prior. Get over it.

Our language that we use everyday is not of Greek origin, it is of Germanic and Roman origin. Your point of scientific nomenclature that we use here is higher than that (about 20% if I remember correctly), but still overall makes up a small portion of the vast English language.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Origins_of_English_PieChart_2D.svg

Any other debate on the subject, feel free to PM me.

Aren't you glad you asked that question wez, what was it again? :lol:
 
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back to the original question: I agree with keeping parameters solid, good flow, good lighting, feeding, and nutrient export.
 

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