Its been in there for at least 2 months sorry I'm not more accurate on that. I fragged a piece for the new tank and left the donor in the original tank and thats been grower better and has a bright green color. Whereas in the new tank it's white, dull green and brown at the base and doesn't seem to be growing much. I figured the T5 Hybrid was the way to go but I have much better luck with the cheap black boxes. my par at the top hovers around 250-300. Its strange because I thought the white is to much light and the brown is not enough?
SG:1.026
8.7dkh
425cal
1400mag
0.049 phosphate
0 nitrate
Okay, I have better luck with black boxes too.
Depending on light intensity/spectrum and lack of nutrients, it can loose color.
Having "0" N03 and very low P04 can definitely cause paling.
Couple things can be done:
Reduce light intensity and or photoperiod during this time.
Or
Lower the acro on your rock work.
Feed more.
Take your skimmer off line or just during the day.
Reduce water changes to biweekly.
Above to "dirty" up your water.
Dose sodium nitrate or potassium nitrate to raise N03 to 5-10ppm.
Dose phosphate to raise P04 to .02 (your phosphates are fine where they are)
Raise N03 first to Target, then P04.
