Zoas losing color

[SteveMiller4]

I have 2 sets of green zoas that are slowly losing color over the last 4 months. Everything else seems to be good and growing. Any ideas?

 

[Brew12]

I have 2 sets of green zoas that are slowly losing color over the last 4 months. Everything else seems to be good and growing. Any ideas?

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

My first thoughts would be lighting and nitrates. What fixture are you using? What level are you keeping your nitrates at?

It might help to know which species of corals do you have that are doing well?

And lets get some more eyes on this. #reefsquad

 

[Zack K]

Welcome to Reef2Reef!

My first thoughts would be lighting and nitrates. What fixture are you using? What level are you keeping your nitrates at?

It might help to know which species of corals do you have that are doing well?

And lets get some more eyes on this. #reefsquad

+1

 

[SteveMiller4]

 

[SteveMiller4]

Camera is blurry from my phone. Acans are doing good. Favia doing well. Mushroom doing well. Nitrates at 5ppm. Running a orbit marine 36"-48" reef led

 

[SteveMiller4]

 

[SteveMiller4]

Also using a cpr bak pak

 

[Zack K]

Is the light the PRO version? Although that shouldn't matter... what did you say your Alk reading was?

 

[SteveMiller4]

Dkh of 9

 

[SteveMiller4]

And yes it is

 

[tangerine3486]

Also interested in where we get with this

 

[wattson]

disturb your sandbed lightly,,lightly to disturb some particals to go free floating..watch in a couple of hours if colors change for the better

 

[SteveMiller4]

Trying that now

 

[wattson]

stir the sand just enough to release detrius from sand to fog the water medium lightly

 

[Joshua Hurst]

stir the sand just enough to release detrius from sand to fog the water medium lightly

What does that do? give the zoa a treat to eat?

 

[wattson]

update in a couple of hours,,around 8 pm tonight eastern time

 

[SteveMiller4]

Helped a little bit ive got my nitrates at 0 after a water change today so i will update u tomorrow

 

[wattson]

i was hoping you distrubing the sand would release some PO4,,and your zoas should of colored up.maybe more detrius needed disturb or time for corals to color up..odds will have it that you need to dose NO3 and Po4,,i really dont suggest dosing a PO4 additive from my bad experiences in the past when I did it,,,now I just use 2 cubes of frozen rotifers to feed once a week to get more than enough P04 in my 250 gallon system..I like to keep my No3 at 10-15,,plus trying to get that higher now gradually