Struggling to get this Acro to color up :(

[NVfishman]

5-6 hours of light are not enough for acros

gradually move the light up to 9hr a day
for best color u need a minimum of 200 par to keep the coral alive and brown 100par

 

[jbraslins]

5-6 hours of light are not enough for acros

gradually move the light up to 9hr a day

When you say 9hr a day, is that 9hr total including ramp up time? Or 9h at peak intensity?

Also, if including ramp time. How many hours does it take for your lights to ramp up in the morning and ramp down in evening?

Thanks.

 

[honkit]

I have moved it to the highest spot in the tank and its getting good flow. i do weekly water changes of 10%. i skipped my water change this week and removed half the chaeto out of my fuge to see if i can get a nitrate and phosphate reading. so far since I've had my tank I've never have either of them show up in my tests. if that doesn't work I'm gonna try to add a couple more fish. I'm currently feeding the 4 fish i have 3 times a day to try to get more waste out of them. my gut feeling is that there isn't enough nutrient getting to my corals due to pesky hair algae. but by CUC has been reinforced and doing a great job keeping the HA under control. u think I'm missing strontium or some thing like that ya think? i have a dosing pump keeping my alk,cal and mag in range. and that has been successful so far with using B-ionic dosing fluid. it has all the uncommon stuff like boron, iron , strontium ect ect. but there might not be enough. I'm just brainstorming cuz i want my corals to be happy and not pale like most of my SPS have become

I would suggest doing one thing at a time rather than several i.e. add more fish, feed more, etc. In this case, I advocate keeping everything else constant and increasing feeding amounts for your sps corals. In my case, I use Reef Nutrition's oyster feast every other day. The idea is to increase feeding while maintaining nutrient poor water and minimizing algae issues.

You don't lack strontium or any element - that can be remedied with regular water changes using a good salt mix.

Try the above for 4 weeks straight and let us know of changes that occur.

 

[Scoobysnack77]

I would suggest doing one thing at a time rather than several i.e. add more fish, feed more, etc. In this case, I advocate keeping everything else constant and increasing feeding amounts for your sps corals. In my case, I use Reef Nutrition's oyster feast every other day. The idea is to increase feeding while maintaining nutrient poor water and minimizing algae issues.

You don't lack strontium or any element - that can be remedied with regular water changes using a good salt mix.

Try the above for 4 weeks straight and let us know of changes that occur.

Ok , I'm gonna add a kole tang and feed my corals and fish more heavily first. If that doesn't work ill increase my lighting period from 6 hours to 8 or 9 hours

 

[Scoobysnack77]

Thanx every one and happy new year

 

[galleon]

Its because they, with every other vendor, use photoshop. You may never get the coral you bought to look like the picture.

Proof?

 

[galleon]

I'm using 20k bulbs like live aquaria was. but they did say they use 400 watt bulbs. but my tank is only a 75 gallon tank so i can't use more than a pair of 250 watt fixtures. if i use 400watt lights ill fry my tank

It would be fine with 400 watt lights. It may be unnecessary, sure, but you would certainly not "fry" anything.

 

[galleon]

5-6 hours of light are not enough for acros

Not even close to true when referring to directly overhead MH.

 

[galleon]

South Pacific SPS corals are more finicky than their Indonesian cousins.

Proof? Logic?

 

[PeTe PoLyP]

Proof?

foto forensic
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[galleon]

You have proof there that, what, the RAW file was processed in photoshop?

 

[PeTe PoLyP]

That's what you wanted proof of. That came directly from their site. its well known that pictures in this industry are alerted the majority of the time.

 

[reefsurfer777]

if i were you i would add some trace elements like iodine, check your ph level, oxygen in the water. good luck pal thats a nice coral

 

[Scoobysnack77]

It would be fine with 400 watt lights. It may be unnecessary, sure, but you would certainly not "fry" anything.

Well Jason fox told me the lights I have already is overkill. He said I'm frying them so I moved the fixtures up to 14inches over my tank

 

[Scoobysnack77]

if i were you i would add some trace elements like iodine, check your ph level, oxygen in the water. good luck pal thats a nice coral

Thanks if my alk is 9.6 I'm assuming my ph is ok. I'll check it now

 

[Scoobysnack77]

Thanks if my alk is 9.6 I'm assuming my ph is ok. I'll check it now

My ph is 8.1 . I do weekly water changes and dose daily with b-ionic . Ingredients on the bottle says all the trace elements are in there

 

[honkit]

Proof? Logic?

Personal experience and feedback from other reefers.

 

[Ericsnyder]

Yo just joined

 

[Scoobysnack77]

Yo just joined

Welcome bro!

 

[Sisterlimonpot]

Are you dosing any trace elements? And what type of salt are you using?