Maintaining purple on sps

[icemountain]

I am having trouble keeping the purple colors on my sps. They seem to fade away or become brown and this just for that color. I have full spectrum LEDs over the tank that have 65k whites, 10k, 450nm blues, 420 violets, UV, red, and greens. What am I missing to keep this color as bright as I get them? Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Fishinizer]

I'm probably no help but I have seen this quite a lot with LEDs there is probably many threads. Sorry I can't really help ill look for you.

 

[icemountain]

I have seen quite a few led lit tanks that have many purple sps and are as bright as can be. My purple zoas are just fine and they are keeping that bright purple.

 

[Fishinizer]

I've also seen many I guess it's not completely known becouse it can even be something besides the LEDs but that's probably the main cause is the light to intense sometimes less light makes them color up more for some reason.

 

[ddpham]

Let me know when you find a solution, becuase the purple on my sps is not as pop compared to other sps.

 

[seamonkey84]

I never got my purples to show until in started dosing k-balance, seems to do wonders on all my Sps.

 

[Clammania]

You need to have strong par. What is the par next to the coral? Your phosphate need to be below .0004 ppm. What is your phosphate?

I am having trouble keeping the purple colors on my sps. They seem to fade away or become brown and this just for that color. I have full spectrum LEDs over the tank that have 65k whites, 10k, 450nm blues, 420 violets, UV, red, and greens. What am I missing to keep this color as bright as I get them? Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

 

[Clammania]

Also you need to use a reliable test kit on the phosphate. Hanna checker does the job.

 

[icemountain]

I have very strong par in the area where all my purple sps are. I think its around 550-650par. My phosphates are around .25 which is high and it just hovers there. Thinking of starting to dose vinegar but I am currently dosing vit C so not sure if i should stop vit c and start vinegar or would I able to do both.

 

[dankreef]

Too much intense light. I have bright popping purple at 350par.

 

[roryb24]

I think stable and steady water parameters are more the key yes lighting plays a role in it but water quality is a huge factor doseing and parameters etc.

 

[Chameleon]

Id say def need to lower them phosphates

 

[sleeri]

I think stable and steady water parameters are more the key yes lighting plays a role in it but water quality is a huge factor doseing and parameters etc.

I agree. I think stabilty & the right parameters are far more important than lighting. I've seen great purple colored SPS in our local reef club under T5s, LED, and MH.

 

[icemountain]

My water parameters are steady. I dose to keep everything in check. Phosphates are actually steady too at around .3ish I am going to bring them down and since I am starting vinegar dosing, they should come down soon. All the other colors on my sps are there. The only color that seems to fade away or brown out are the purples on the sps.

 

[Steveowhits]

I had to raise my Orphek fixture pretty high over my tank before full colors came out of my SPS and LPS. I also changed my light cycle an hour less because my model is not dimmable.

 

[Scoly]

Flow, my best purple's are all in about a 550-600 par range. They love it. I'll say stability, and flow.