Whats the one thing

[akabryanhall]

What is the one thing that you did that really started to bring out the colors in your sps?

 

[MimicOcto8]

changing the lighting from 2 150w MH to a 6bulb 54w ATI fixture. huge difference for me ;)

 

[dougers31]

Left them alone(hard for me to do) with good water quality and made sure to keep up with bulb changes.

 

[dougers31]

changing the lighting from 2 150w MH to a 6bulb 54w ATI fixture. huge difference for me ;)

That hopefully will be me soon, even though they have good color I can only imagine what they'll look like under my new fixture.

 

[MimicOcto8]

Left them alone(hard for me to do) with good water quality and made sure to keep up with bulb changes.

leaving the corals alone is sooo important...took me 2 years to learn that but man it is so much healthier for the corals

 

[akabryanhall]

I suppose fragging them every time they grow a new branch can't be good for their well being lol!

 

[dougers31]

I suppose fragging them every time they grow a new branch can't be good for their well being lol!

Actually if I have an sps coral that isn't doing anything I frag'em to see if it will spur new growth.

 

[akabryanhall]

Actually if I have an sps coral that isn't doing anything I frag'em to see if it will spur new growth.

You know, I have seen that with other stuff besides sps, zoas and palys for instance may respond better when fragged.

 

[tangboy]

You know, I have seen that with other stuff besides sps, zoas and palys for instance may respond better when fragged.

Ahh if this only worked with mental growth I would have fragged my students back in August!

 

[dougers31]

Ahh if this only worked with mental growth I would have fragged my students back in August!

Hilarious!:) You should try it out, maybe something like... " Do your homework or lose a pinky"

 

[Alattner]

beat them into submission thats the only way...or at least thats what i would do

 

[gar732]

lol, Nothing yields results like negative reinforcement.:beat_brick:

 

[dougers31]

beat them into submission thats the only way...or at least thats what i would do

lol, Nothing yields results like negative reinforcement.:beat_brick:

I was just being sarcastic... but you people are just crazy!!! ;) Everyone knows positive reinforcement is the proper way to make young minds flourish:)

ok back on topic...

 

[Alattner]

i think lights is just about the only way to go. lighting=color thats what i am working on right now

 

[cmcneil]

IMO the best thing you can do for sps color is have a stable system.

 

[SDguy]

vodka, hands down.

 

[PR_Reefers]

upgraded skimmer.... introduced biopellets into my system!!

 

[fishbrain]

For me i would say that keeping the system in ULNS is the thing that keeps my sps at their best color.

 

[RogerWilco357]

Noticed more color when I started using the amino acids and replaced my grow bulbs Ushio's 10k with 14k and 20k ..moved some to the ATI PM t5 tank but the color is unchanged I thought for sure the color would improve over the metal halides? hmm

 

[powderhound]

I agree with stability. Keep all levels constant especially salinity and alk