Blue SPS pale

Fishfinder · Oct 10, 2018

any specific thing that brings out blues? My bonsai, blueberry fields, and rainbow monti. All lost their blue. They have turned a pale purple/grey. Any ideas for getting it back?

Ledreef · Oct 10, 2018

High light use radion or reefbreeder

Ledreef · Oct 10, 2018

bubbaque · Oct 10, 2018

I thought potassium was needed for blue but could be wrong.

Fishfinder · Oct 10, 2018

Ledreef said:
High light use radion or reefbreeder

Not sure what you mean, high light helps or pales them?

Fishfinder · Oct 10, 2018

bubbaque said:
I thought potassium was needed for blue but could be wrong.

Potassium? I'd have to send out an ICP to check that

29bonsaireef · Oct 10, 2018

Are they all place in different parts of the tank? Also what type of lighting?

bubbaque · Oct 10, 2018

Fishfinder said:
Potassium? I'd have to send out an ICP to check that

Just check around the forum to make sure I am correct.

x2uranium · Oct 10, 2018

.25 po4 like me lol! Led tank makes my blue sps purple with no t5 supplement

Fishfinder · Oct 11, 2018

ICP going out today. Have results in a month lol

Fishfinder · Oct 12, 2018

So I noticed today that it's not my SPS. It's all my blue stuff. Even my chalices and zoas with blue have faded away. It's really weird. I must have some nutrient deficient

DSC reef · Oct 12, 2018

Fishfinder said:
Not sure what you mean, high light helps or pales them?

He just likes to show over saturated pics with no info to help. Give this a read man. Since your other corals are affected I'm guessing nutrient/chemistry related.

https://reefbuilders.com/2008/09/03/guide-of-sps-coral-coloration-make-them-more-vivid-bright/

Fishfinder · Oct 12, 2018

Thanks for the link. So very odd/coincidental is I stopped dosing iodine about a month ago. Specifically Lugols. Because I really didn't think it was helping.

It's going to be cool to see what the ICP says and I'm going to start dosing again tomorrow. Sounds like I'll need some before and after pics

Thanks man, you always point me in the right direction

DSC reef · Oct 12, 2018

Anytime man. You could always start doing regular weekly water changes, very economical for a tank that size;Hilarious;Hilarious

Fishfinder · Oct 12, 2018

Hahahaha haven't done a change since day 1

Oshengems · Oct 12, 2018

Potassium iodide does it in my tank top can tell when is low tips loose color right away

Fishfinder · Oct 22, 2018

Got my ICP back. Both iodine and potassium were low. Go figure. So ill be dosing those over the next weeks and seeing if that improves my blues. The only other thing low in the test was manganese, which i wont worry about.

CNDReef · Oct 22, 2018

I just got mine back with the same result, low iodine

DSC reef · Oct 22, 2018

Fishfinder said:
Got my ICP back. Both iodine and potassium were low. Go figure. So ill be dosing those over the next weeks and seeing if that improves my blues. The only other thing low in the test was manganese, which i wont worry about.

Glad to hear you found the culprit man.

Graffiti Spot · Oct 22, 2018

DSC reef said:
He just likes to show over saturated pics with no info to help. Give this a read man. Since your other corals are affected I'm guessing nutrient/chemistry related.

https://reefbuilders.com/2008/09/03/guide-of-sps-coral-coloration-make-them-more-vivid-bright/

I wrote something a while back about this article. It was mostly about how it is misleading and most of it not really true, the parts that are helpful pertain to mostly uln tanks. The fact they use a green digi as a representative of yellow coral says it all. Not sure what they did to make it look yellow but I know it wasn't what they suggest to do in the article. Probably just camera tricks.
Blue imo will need a good light with the right spectrum. 10k halide bulbs are the best at bringing out solid blues in new growth.