SPS acro color question

[Lavey29]

Be careful catering to one unhappy coral, the result maybe more unhappy corals…

Any thoughts on why it faded? It seems very healthy though.

 

[ninjamyst]

Dull SPS color usually due to:
- too much light
- not enough light
- nitrate too high
- low nitrate
- phosphate too high
- low phosphate
- high alk
- low alk
- perfect alk
- not enough praying
- praying to the wrong reef gods
- didn't make a deal with SPS devil

 

[Lavey29]

Dull SPS color usually due to:
- too much light
- not enough light
- nitrate too high
- low nitrate
- phosphate too high
- low phosphate
- high alk
- low alk
- perfect alk
- not enough praying
- praying to the wrong reef gods
- didn't make a deal with SPS devil

I was all good till the last one but thanks

 

[2Wheelsonly]

I was all good till the last one but thanks

Guarantee you that last one has the best music

 

[IKD]

Dull SPS color usually due to:
- too much light
- not enough light
- nitrate too high
- low nitrate
- phosphate too high
- low phosphate
- high alk
- low alk
- perfect alk
- not enough praying
- praying to the wrong reef gods
- didn't make a deal with SPS devil

…would trace elements getting depleted drive some color fading over time?

 

[gbroadbridge]

Dull SPS color usually due to:
- too much light
- not enough light
- nitrate too high
- low nitrate
- phosphate too high
- low phosphate
- high alk
- low alk
- perfect alk
- not enough praying
- praying to the wrong reef gods
- didn't make a deal with SPS devil

You forgot :

Low trace elements
High trace elements
Underdosing aminos
Overdosing aminos

 

[Nburg's Reef]

Some acros brown out after a few months of being added to a tank while others don’t lose color. Not sure exactly why, but likely takes a long time for some to adapt to new conditions. I’ve had some frags do nothing for a year before taking off while others start growing immediately.

 

[Reef and Dive]

I am new to SPS with maybe 20 frags in the tank for 3 months now. They all have great color, encrusting and showing growth. Today, I noticed one of my bright green frags is more of a dull green now. The encrusted base is still bright green. I don't see any bleaching or STN.

What typically can cause an acro to fade color but still appear healthy? My numbers have been stabil with no swings. I dose red sea trace once a week and last ICP 30 days ago was fine.

Check if nitrates did not rise.

Other common thing: iron rising (many times when we are dosing isolated or in compounds). This occurs due to excess symbiodinium growth masking the color proteins.

That said, SPS like to fade due to stresses or other changes. Agree with everybody else. They’re babies and many brown before getting colored again.

 

[SPS2020]

"Some acros brown out after a few months of being added to a tank while others don’t lose color. Not sure exactly why, but likely takes a long time for some to adapt to new conditions. I’ve had some frags do nothing for a year before taking off while others start growing immediately."

^^^ THIS! ^^^

Corals will adapt over time to conditions in your tank. Don't go chasing anything. It may take a year before corals determine what color they are going to be in your tank. If you change lighting, food, supplements, trace elements, etc., you are only changing more variables and will not know what makes a difference. One thing at a time and wait patiently.

 

[X-37B]

I would say its to much light.
I just setup my 80g growout system. I moves some large stags over from another system.
I set my xr15 blue to 100/100.
The stags started to turn brown.
I changed my settings to;
First 4 100%
Others 50%
60% peak.
After 2 weeks the one stag I left is now blue again.

 

[Lavey29]

I would say its to much light.
I just setup my 80g growout system. I moves some large stags over from another system.
I set my xr15 blue to 100/100.
The stags started to turn brown.
I changed my settings to;
First 4 100%
Others 50%
60% peak.
After 2 weeks the one stag I left is now blue again.

It has been fine the past 3 months with great growth. Only faded this past week. Lights have been the same over a year.

 

[Lavey29]

Check if nitrates did not rise.

Other common thing: iron rising (many times when we are dosing isolated or in compounds). This occurs due to excess symbiodinium growth masking the color proteins.

That said, SPS like to fade due to stresses or other changes. Agree with everybody else. They’re babies and many brown before getting colored again.

Nitrates are fine at 13. Only change this past month is dosing acropower once a week

 

[Reef and Dive]

Nitrates are fine at 13. Only change this past month is dosing acropower once a week

I would lower those amino dosing…

 

[Lavey29]

I would lower those amino dosing…

Its a mixed reef so I keep nitrates 10 to 15 for my LPS and softs.

 

[thatmanMIKEson]

What's the up date, got pictures? Color back up for ya?

 

[((FORDTECH))]

Its a mixed reef so I keep nitrates 10 to 15 for my LPS and softs.

Curious if you figured out anything also?

 

[Lavey29]

Curious if you figured out anything also?

Not really, every thing seems healthy just a few are not as bright as they once were. I'm going to do another ICP next week.

 

[IKD]

Not really, every thing seems healthy just a few are not as bright as they once were. I'm going to do another ICP next week.

Have you tried dosing trace elements? I found that helped my coloration on SPS

 

[Lavey29]

Have you tried dosing trace elements? I found that helped my coloration on SPS

I dose red sea 4 bottles. My prio ICP tests had good trace levels.

 

[moz71]

So I have noticed my SPS frags fade when they come from sources that use halides and go into my led tank. AND take long time to adjust color even though they grow