I have a very small (8 gallon) SPS dominant tank. My corals are all doing well - surprisingly and I am now using this tank to hone my skills further before upgrading to a much larger system in the next year or so. I seem to struggle to get any of the acros that should be red to color up. Anything I have that should be red, montis, to red planets grow just fine but are a bit pale. Anything I grow that’s green does great and is super bright and colorful. I’m not sure if there is a specific trace element I am missing that supports red coloration better (iodine? I dose this daily). As part of my experimenting I’ve messed with my light intensity becuase I thought that might be the driver for the faded red corals but that didn’t seem to help. I recently place a red monti (not sure of the name) on the bottom of the tank in some shade a few weeks ago and it’s already fully encrusted but has also lost some red color. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Monti photos for example:

Monti photos for example:

