coral color and food

[harryball69]

Does feeding your corals certain foods affect their color? Like on some, the whites are real white. While some may be a lite brown tint..? What food will give the best colors if this so ?

 

[Kungpaoshizi]

It's not necessarily the foods but the compounds in the food. Iron, manganese, iodine, etc... Though I have seen some foods introduce things like garlic or something with carotenoids that they toot will help enhance colors. If colors are the main thing you're after, running alk around 7-8 and nitrates around 2.5-5 will give you decent coloration despite the food, as long as you ARE feeding. Red sea also has a coral color lineup additive collection. 4 things. Though your tank doesn't use these elements very fast at all usually.

 

[harryball69]

It's not necessarily the foods but the compounds in the food. Iron, manganese, iodine, etc... Though I have seen some foods introduce things like garlic or something with carotenoids that they toot will help enhance colors. If colors are the main thing you're after, running alk around 7-8 and nitrates around 2.5-5 will give you decent coloration despite the food, as long as you ARE feeding. Red sea also has a coral color lineup additive collection. 4 things. Though your tank doesn't use these elements very fast at all usually.

Thank You....