Unable to keep blue , pink and red sps,please help
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CUNAReefer
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Hi Chercm,
Hope all is well!
I am also a ZEO user. I have a similar issue with very pale colors. CV, Extra, and amino acids did not help. G. Alexander on the zeo forum instructed me to test my K+ as this can be a contributing factor towards loss of color.
Quick Edit: Are you feeding your corals? If you are not feeding while performing the ZEO method, you will experience an extreme loss of coloration.
Wamrest Regards,
James
aoeBombcat
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You are running your radion 100%??, have you acclimated your sps?? I have mine set to 55% 8" above water line and they are doing fine, when I introduce new sps, and when my radions are set to 75% to 80%, they get bleach with in a week. Thats why I turned it down to 55%. I am planning to slowly increase it 5% every 2 weeks. Radion lights are very intense when set to 100%.
The other thing is, what size is your tank?? That also makes a difference.
Good luck,
The other thing is, what size is your tank?? That also makes a difference.
Good luck,
chercm
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What is your depth of your tank ? How high is corrals ?
gone_fishing
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When you say the colors are stripped from the corals, are they turning brown or white? What coverage do radions give, meaning how many units do they suggest over 4' span? How long at 100% are you? Do you ramp up then down and only 100% for an hour around 2 pm?
When SPS are placed in a new tank I have learned it is normal for them to react by turning brownish and losing color. Moving them up will help, but only a little at a time.
I recently had the browning problem and moved the SPS up pretty high in my tank, I bumped up my AI sols to 85% range. I only have three units and could probably keep the SPS a little lower if I had a fourth unit. Within a few weeks now most are regaining color...pink, blue, purple, and green.
When SPS are placed in a new tank I have learned it is normal for them to react by turning brownish and losing color. Moving them up will help, but only a little at a time.
I recently had the browning problem and moved the SPS up pretty high in my tank, I bumped up my AI sols to 85% range. I only have three units and could probably keep the SPS a little lower if I had a fourth unit. Within a few weeks now most are regaining color...pink, blue, purple, and green.
aoeBombcat
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I have a 90 gal, so its 48 X 18 X 24. And my corals are all over the tanks from 1 foot in height and all the way to the bottom, some that bleached are on the lower section. And mostly on the top ones. Once I lowered the percentage, it stop bleaching. In this case, not higher the better. But slowly increase to 100% will work.
chercm
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It is ramping up slowly and they turned white within 3 days
aoeBombcat
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when you say ramping up slowly, can you give number of days and how many % and what % did you start from??
you can start at 80% and ramp up to 100% in 4 weeks which will still be too high to begin with.
I would lower it back to 50% for a start.
you can start at 80% and ramp up to 100% in 4 weeks which will still be too high to begin with.
I would lower it back to 50% for a start.
frankyrivera
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I'm not convinced its a light issue entirely something else must be out of balance or running lean. I don't have radions and I too am experiencing some fading of colors not bleaching or browning just gone from red to light pink and blue to light blue and I'm running t5s on a 75 gall. While I would agree the radions at 80-100% is too much I would dial it back but I still believe something else too
aoeBombcat
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Ok, see if the bleaching has stopped or slowed down. They you can slowly up 5% a week.
chercm
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I think PE but the colour is to there but do you mean I start to get bright colors ?
aoeBombcat
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No, I mean when your coral stop or slow down on bleaching, then you can increase in the % of the light.
Hi chercm
It sounds, like your expectation is, that the colors will come back within a few hours. This is not the case. Its gonna take longer
The increase in intensity has to be done over WEEKS, not hours, this is not the same like the every day sunrise/sunset effect, that these lights have. What is meant is the maximum intensity. every week you increase the power of the Radions a bit. i guess, noone can say you exactly where to start, but around 50% could be good. Then, you increase the maximal intensity every week by 5% until you notice that your corals are reacting. If they are getting brown increase further or faster, if they are bleaching, slow down the process.
It sounds, like your expectation is, that the colors will come back within a few hours. This is not the case. Its gonna take longer
The increase in intensity has to be done over WEEKS, not hours, this is not the same like the every day sunrise/sunset effect, that these lights have. What is meant is the maximum intensity. every week you increase the power of the Radions a bit. i guess, noone can say you exactly where to start, but around 50% could be good. Then, you increase the maximal intensity every week by 5% until you notice that your corals are reacting. If they are getting brown increase further or faster, if they are bleaching, slow down the process.
