ULNS and SPS x LPS

[Paulairduck]

do you have any fish in the tank

I feed my SPS lots of fish poop

 

[Denadai]

Guys,

Good news !! The corals improved a lot !

I bought a small tang and a brazilian fish, more food and less ligth

The new pictures :

 

[n8rad]

yup! looks good to me.

 

[moo0o]

wow cool, your colors improved alot!

 

[jackson6745]

Sweet! They look much better.

 

[Reefer08]

Your sps look starved. You have a big skimmer and no fish, not a good idea. Add a ton of fish and you'll notice a big improvement in your sps.

 

[acrylic_300]

It's looking better. How long are you running the lights now?

 

[Denadai]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15613087#post15613087 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by acrylic_300
It's looking better. How long are you running the lights now?

10 hours for 4x T5 ATI blue plus and only 3 hours for 250W MH

And now I don´t have to worry about my temperature with just 3 hours with MH on

Best Regards

 

[sreefs]

Did the color improve that much in only 2 weeks?
Pat

 

[Henry Bowman]

nice.... your adjustments made a huge difference !

 

[pisces4u]

Bleaching/fading is common with SPS receiving too much light. MH+4xt5ho is a huge amount of light over 50g. A shorter photoperiod is helping the SPS adjust and color up.

They will eventually be able to handle more light, but I wouldn't push more than 6 hours of MH. There are several posts about corals not really needing more than 6 hours of "daylight".

If you are still considering the Powermodule, the 6 bulb will be plenty. 8 bulbs in the best t5 fixture out there will most likely fry your corals.

 

[stony_corals]

To the OP, it would have been interesting to see if you had made one change at a time, so you could see what the root cause was. I suspect it was the lights. Too many people are too quick to say their tanks are ULN. The majority of tanks are not. You do have a lot of light over your tank, which halide are you running?

There is also is a bit of bad info brought up in your posts. The reality is SPS are more heterotrophic feeders than most LPS. In the wild, many SPS will get over 100% of their energy daily from predatory feeding, much higher than most LPS. I'd skip the ReefChilli, just because it causes a feeding response (polyp extension), it doesn't mean that it is consuming that food. If you are feeding live zooplankton, that is MUCH better.

 

[coral_lagoon]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15611876#post15611876 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Denadai
Guys,

Good news !! The corals improved a lot !

I bought a small tang and a brazilian fish, more food and less ligth

The new pictures :

Wow apples and oranges.. Good job man :thumbsup:

btw, I like your aquascaping setup to..

 

[Denadai]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15614953#post15614953 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by sreefs
Did the color improve that much in only 2 weeks?
Pat

yes, only two weeks

 

[Denadai]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=15615187#post15615187 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by stony_corals
The reality is SPS are more heterotrophic feeders than most LPS. In the wild, many SPS will get over 100% of their energy daily from predatory feeding, much higher than most LPS. I'd skip the ReefChilli, just because it causes a feeding response (polyp extension), it doesn't mean that it is consuming that food. If you are feeding live zooplankton, that is MUCH better.

I don´t know, I read some papers and I read that most SPS can get almost all energy that they need from the Sun. Of course this can change from specie to specie and we all know that SPS also need some kind of extra food

My sps really can catch and eat reefchilli, I can see the polyps catching the food

Best Regards

 

[Denadai]

Update

 

[groundpound4200]

much better...

 

[Denadai]

thank´s :fun2:

 

[chadfarmer]

about 6months and you are going to need to get rid of some stuff or upgrade

 

[Denadai]

about 6months and you are going to need to get rid of some stuff or upgrade

Yes, I´m thinking in a new 100G tank