Help with birdnest

[DSC reef]

No worries man. Reef roids likes to settle in rocks over time and nutrients can spike quickly with that stuff but it is good.

 

[JCOLE]

Looks good. Yes dose Aminos. Also, have you checked PAR? I thought I had a lot of light until I tested PAR. My Birdnest's coloring is insane now that I doubled my PAR and dose Reef Fuel and Reef Plus vitamins and Aminos.

 

[PghReef]

Looks good. Yes dose Aminos. Also, have you checked PAR? I thought I had a lot of light until I tested PAR. My Birdnest's coloring is insane now that I doubled my PAR and dose Reef Fuel and Reef Plus vitamins and Aminos.

I have not used a PAR meter. I thought about seeingnif a lfs might have one for rental. Would to low light also cause a bleaching or pale effect or would it cause more of a browning?

 

[DSC reef]

Seeing your growth I wouldn't make any adjustments to lighting. Instead start with the aminos and nutrients, give that some time to see any results then go from there.

 

[PghReef]

Seeing your growth I wouldn't make any adjustments to lighting. Instead start with the aminos and nutrients, give that some time to see any results then go from there.

Thanks, agreed. Kinda want to just adjust 1 thing at a time

 

[SPS247]

If starving is the problem hopefully adding acropower daily and feeding reefroids twice a week will help. Ialso blast the rocks weekly and let the corals feed on the storm it makes.
Alk is around 8-9 Ca 440 mag 1580 with redsea. Phosphates 0 with the checker and nitrates 0 with apiand redsea. Didnt bother to start the acropower and reefroids at a lower dose, just went straight to the package suggestion in Hope's of boosting nutrients

I noticed once I got my NO3 to stabilize at about 3ppm consistently with everything else in line. Color and growth was a noticble difference. But every tank is different with NO3. If I push it to 10ppm everything starts to look muddy in color if that makes sense. I keep my Alk around 7-8. From what I read higher Alk higher No3 is possible.

 

[JCOLE]

I have not used a PAR meter. I thought about seeingnif a lfs might have one for rental. Would to low light also cause a bleaching or pale effect or would it cause more of a browning?

Yes low light will cause loss of color. However, I dont think that is your case. Might just be nutrient related. I wouldn't mess with lighting without a PAR meter first.

This is under my birds nest. Lack of light is the reason for the white polyps. I fragged these pieces and they are starting to color up in my FT.