Marius Swart
Active Member
Hi everyone , so i downgraded from my bigger setup a 50cm cube .
I had my acro under t5s but stayed brown. Since the change to the cube i ran only a cheap led unit , about 50w , white blue and 1 uv . After the first month that acro was bright and i was proud so i decided its time to up the game and got myself the zt6500 . Id say its running 70-80% . Blue 26/32 , white 24/32 and uv 20/32 .
I do a water change 2-4 weeks 25% , also running phosguard . My levels as follows
KH 8
CA 400
MG 1350
Since the new light i also upped the dosing of reef fuel from 5 to about 10ml .
After the first 2 weeks my acro was brown.
PH constant 8.2 , nitrate 0.2 lowest reading on red sea test , phos was 0.05-0.13 . I will do the tests again tonight and update .
I believe its only the light that browned the acro . But why is my birdsnest not getting better colour ? I got it bleached out with almost no pollyps but i saved it but still not happy .
And the a week later
And now
Its now brown but seems to be picking up
Since the new light im getting growth but i need more colour .
Was this only the light ?
And some more pics
Im in the hobby just over a year so tips are welcome , btw the montis i resieved cream colour and 2 weeks later green
I had my acro under t5s but stayed brown. Since the change to the cube i ran only a cheap led unit , about 50w , white blue and 1 uv . After the first month that acro was bright and i was proud so i decided its time to up the game and got myself the zt6500 . Id say its running 70-80% . Blue 26/32 , white 24/32 and uv 20/32 .
I do a water change 2-4 weeks 25% , also running phosguard . My levels as follows
KH 8
CA 400
MG 1350
Since the new light i also upped the dosing of reef fuel from 5 to about 10ml .
After the first 2 weeks my acro was brown.
PH constant 8.2 , nitrate 0.2 lowest reading on red sea test , phos was 0.05-0.13 . I will do the tests again tonight and update .
I believe its only the light that browned the acro . But why is my birdsnest not getting better colour ? I got it bleached out with almost no pollyps but i saved it but still not happy .
And the a week later
And now
Its now brown but seems to be picking up
Since the new light im getting growth but i need more colour .
Was this only the light ?
And some more pics
Im in the hobby just over a year so tips are welcome , btw the montis i resieved cream colour and 2 weeks later green
