Fading colors in my LPS

KJAG · Oct 13, 2011

Catra2030 said:
If i ditch the daylight bulb and go with 2 blue+, an aquablue special and a fiji purple, will this be enough light for lps growth wise. Also, with the aquatic life fixture, 2 bulbs are on each timer, so I'm thinking a blue+ and fiji purple come on, then my high lights come on being the aquablue special and other blue+, am i right or should i do the blue+ on then the aquablue special and fiji purple on together as my high lights?

Thatll be plenty for LPS growth. The blue + alone have plenty of PAR . My SPS growth is insane and Im not even currently running an ABS. Just Blue+and Purple+. Id go Blue + on then the other combo after

Boboreef · Oct 13, 2011

Replace the 65 k,..

Boboreef · Oct 13, 2011

Dave3112 said:
In my experience LPS do not like the daylight spectrum of light. I wanted to get some good SPS growth one time and changed my MH to 10k bulbs and ALL my LPS faded. Even the ones I had shaded. Now I only run 14K with a LOT of actinic and the colors are wonderful. I would go with 2 blue+, 1 purple+ and one aquablue special. That is the combo I have on my 125 (even though I have a 12 bulb fixture) that is lit with only T5 and the colors are great in there too...I hope that made sense....

^^^^^ ++1..

Catra2030 · Oct 13, 2011

great feedback. I'm going to go ahead with switcing the 6500k out and replacing it with another aquablue special and also install the blue+ when they arrive along with proper light acclimation, and I may add in a fiji purple. For future purposes, if I upgrade to a 6 bulb fixture, should i add in another blue+ and a 6500k or forget the 6500k all together. I'm only wondering because I would like to keep sps in the future. My plan of attack from here is to focus on getting the lighting arranged as well as target feed more and see how it works out. I addition to this, I'm going to post some pictures tonight showing some of the faded corals as well as the setup in general.