I have a standard dimension 120 gallon tank with external overflow and my currently lighting is 2 Nicrew HyperReef 200s (Gen 2)
The tank has been running roughly 6 months and although i have see some growth on hammers, acro and mushrooms, my zoas haven't really had any growth and in some cases have lost a few polyps and i feel the colors dont have any pop to them.
Some items were moved from my 32 gallon that was powered by 2 Prime16HDs
Here you can see my zoa garden which is a mix of newer frags and older but their colors to me seem washed out compared to when i saw them online/in store when purchased. I also recently purchased 2 montis and it's the same case. the zoas are at the bottom of the tank whereas the montis are between 8-12" off the bottom.
Purple monti with green polyps
Spiderman Porite
Im curious if my lighting schedule is on par (no pun intended) with my corals needs and if any adjustments are necessary/warranted to achieve better coloration. I did some research when i first got the lights and found somewhere i believe on this forum someone with a similar setup and lights and i copied their schedule and made slight modifications. Below is my current schedule (which ramps up and down):
8:00am: Vi=0 B=0 W=0 G=0 R=0
9:00am: Vi=27 B=40 W=4 G=2 R=4
11:30am: Vi=43 B=60 W=15 G=10 R=18
1:00pm: Vi=47 B=65 W=20 G=15 R=25
3:00pm: Vi=43 B=55 W=15 G=10 R=18
6:00pm: Vi=32 B=45 W=4 G=2 R=4
7:30pm: Vi=10 B=20 W=0 G=0 R=0
9:00pm: Vi=0 B=0 W=0 G=0 R=0
The photos above were taken at 12:13pm for reference so the values were somewhere between the 11:30 and 1pm values.
Thanks in advance!
The tank has been running roughly 6 months and although i have see some growth on hammers, acro and mushrooms, my zoas haven't really had any growth and in some cases have lost a few polyps and i feel the colors dont have any pop to them.
Some items were moved from my 32 gallon that was powered by 2 Prime16HDs
Here you can see my zoa garden which is a mix of newer frags and older but their colors to me seem washed out compared to when i saw them online/in store when purchased. I also recently purchased 2 montis and it's the same case. the zoas are at the bottom of the tank whereas the montis are between 8-12" off the bottom.
Purple monti with green polyps
Spiderman Porite
Im curious if my lighting schedule is on par (no pun intended) with my corals needs and if any adjustments are necessary/warranted to achieve better coloration. I did some research when i first got the lights and found somewhere i believe on this forum someone with a similar setup and lights and i copied their schedule and made slight modifications. Below is my current schedule (which ramps up and down):
8:00am: Vi=0 B=0 W=0 G=0 R=0
9:00am: Vi=27 B=40 W=4 G=2 R=4
11:30am: Vi=43 B=60 W=15 G=10 R=18
1:00pm: Vi=47 B=65 W=20 G=15 R=25
3:00pm: Vi=43 B=55 W=15 G=10 R=18
6:00pm: Vi=32 B=45 W=4 G=2 R=4
7:30pm: Vi=10 B=20 W=0 G=0 R=0
9:00pm: Vi=0 B=0 W=0 G=0 R=0
The photos above were taken at 12:13pm for reference so the values were somewhere between the 11:30 and 1pm values.
Thanks in advance!
