Cause of pale sps!!

[MattL22]

I'm having pretty good success with most my sps but some mostly purple r a little pale not brown but pale like washed out or something!

Po4 is .08
I've been bringing up par on my diy led fixture thinking this is issue should I lower it? I'm thinking I'll just leave it for now

Alk/cal kept stable with cal reactor dose kalk through ato !!

Thanks for help !!!

 

[-Logzor]

Causes of pale SPS are typically due to too much light or if the coral is starved. This might be cause by GFO or overskimmer, or simply not feeding enough.

 

[tike]

The higher Par could be the problem if you are increasing it to fast, back off a bit and see if that helps.

Your Po4 could be a little lower but I am sure you are aware of that. I would try dosing Amino Acids to see if it would help. I use fuel. Also there is a thread on here that deals with dosing vitamin c to increase color. I am trying that right now but I have only been doing it for two week now.HTH

 

[MattL22]

Ok I'm thinking it's the lights just raised my LEDs quite a bit !! I feed a bunch mysis every day for fish and a pinch of reef pearls at night 2-3 times a week !

Should I leave them ( the lights) or lower them a little? I'm leaning towards leaving them alone for now

 

[MattL22]

I know po4 a bit high but I don't think that's issue just gut feeling!

 

[Reef UP]

What salt do you use try supplementing either lugol's iodide or potassium they will both help deepen the colors in blues and purples!

 

[MattL22]

I'm running po4x4 in a reactor so water being stripped might be issue but I don't think so cause I have some alage and have too clean glass every other day !!

 

[MattL22]

I use instant ocean !! I'm very happy with it especially the price ! I'll look into those got a link?

 

[swannyson7]

I'd be inclined to think that the issue is too intense of lighting,resulting in a bit of bleaching. I would hold off on dosing AAs because they will increase your nutrients even further and can lead to an algae explosion. For the time being, I'd keep you lights raised where they are and you might even want to cut back on your photoperiod a little bit. They may take a bit to color back up, but based on the info you provided, I'd say that the lighting is the source of your problem.

 

[MattL22]

Thanks I feel same way I got a little trigger happy when I finally measured my par when friend came by with par meter and I had them dialed alittel too low !
Soo I'll leave them for now but maybe go from 8 hrs day too 6 and a half?

 

[swannyson7]

I wouldn't do anything that drastic. I'd wait a week or so at the current photoperiod with your lights at their new level. Then try reducing it by about 15 minutes each week until you hit 7 hrs, but I wouldn't go any less than that. Any drastic changes could cause more harm than good, so whatever you decide to do, take it slow.