Brown sand in 3 hours white and actinic light..

[WeezeReefing]

What's up R2R!? I'm having a problem with my sand browning pretty quickly. Today I added a phosban reactor hoping it will fix it. My tank has been up for 8 months. It seems to brown incredibly fast if I turn my whites higher than 10% Can anyone shed light on this?

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

See how it goes with the GFO. You may just have high silicates in the water. Higher light is just more photosynthesis and whites are a broader spectrum. Depending on the fixture blues can be less par.

 

[WeezeReefing]

I have current marine Led. My corals seem happy with it. We see what the gfo does. Thanks!

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

I have current marine Led. My corals seem happy with it. We see what the gfo does. Thanks!

Yup. Im hoping your on an Rodi system. If the other parameters are in check you should be good to go. Be careful of stripping the Po4 from the system too quickly..

 

[WeezeReefing]

Parameters : Nitrates 10, Phosphates undetectable, calcium 420, pH 8.3 and steady, alk 8, ammonia undetectable, nitrites undetectable. I am on a rodi 4 stage, fresh TDS is 0.

 

[saltyfilmfolks]

Parameters : Nitrates 10, Phosphates undetectable, calcium 420, pH 8.3 and steady, alk 8, ammonia undetectable, nitrites undetectable. I am on an rodi 4 stage, fresh TDS is 0.

Cool. New ish tank? Uglies?