Any thoughts on why it faded? It seems very healthy though.Be careful catering to one unhappy coral, the result maybe more unhappy corals…
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Any thoughts on why it faded? It seems very healthy though.Be careful catering to one unhappy coral, the result maybe more unhappy corals…
I was all good till the last one but thanksDull 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
Guarantee you that last one has the best musicI was all good till the last one but thanks
…would trace elements getting depleted drive some color fading over time?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 :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 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.
It has been fine the past 3 months with great growth. Only faded this past week. Lights have been the same over a year.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.
Nitrates are fine at 13. Only change this past month is dosing acropower once a weekCheck 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.
I would lower those amino dosing…Nitrates are fine at 13. Only change this past month is dosing acropower once a week
Its a mixed reef so I keep nitrates 10 to 15 for my LPS and softs.I would lower those amino dosing…
Curious if you figured out anything also?Its a mixed reef so I keep nitrates 10 to 15 for my LPS and softs.
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.Curious if you figured out anything also?
Have you tried dosing trace elements? I found that helped my coloration on SPSNot 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.
I dose red sea 4 bottles. My prio ICP tests had good trace levels.Have you tried dosing trace elements? I found that helped my coloration on SPS