Getting these to color back up... Tips?

xilez · Oct 31, 2016

Hi all, looking for some advice to try and get some Acros to color back up.

As you can see... Garf bonsai, stellata montipor and tort Acros are a little brown/pale. However, the green slimmer looks great.

Any suggestions?

All: 9.5 dKh
Cal: 400ppm
NO3 and PO4: 0

recess62 · Oct 31, 2016

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xilez · Oct 31, 2016

Pic of the monti before

Diesel · Oct 31, 2016

I'm going to follow this one too

LOL, no kidding my friend.
How long is this tank running with these amazing SPS in ther?
Po4 and No3 at 0.0 results in loss of color due to starving, you know that right?
Feed some flake food in your filter sock and feed the fish some more yummies and test if the No3 will go up.
You want No3 to be at 2ppm or a bit higher with these frags, if frags grow into colonies you want more No3 close to 5ppm.
Po4 is good around 0.04 but by feeding more this will go up.
You have a FTS of your tank?

xilez · Oct 31, 2016

Tank has been stocked for about 2 months, these sps have been in about 3 1/2 weeks.

Currently only have some pellets and zooplanktos-M, i have some reef chilli coming in the mail end of this week so hopefully that helps bring the nutrients up.

Running chemipure blue, skimmer, cheato and filter floss.

Quick fts from the iPhone

Griff · Oct 31, 2016

I'm having the same problem. 0 Nitrates and PO4 at .05 so I'm also getting some cyano and GHA. I've tried skimming less tried turning off carbon reactor tried feeding more. All of these things just increase PO4 with no effect on nitrates. Red Sea pro nitrate test kit and Hanna for PO4. Next step is to fill reactor with half carbon half phosban. I've started feeding reef energy A & B every other day but it's just making the GHA grow faster. I'm not going to stop for at least a couple more weeks to see if it helps the corals. I just keep picking out as much of the GHA as I can. My plan is to pull the rocks that have the worst of it and use H202 spray then scrub.

Alk 8.5
Calc 425
Mg 1350
PO4 .05
NITRATES 0
Lights AI hydra 26hd's 3 on 5ft tank
Small fuge with cheato.

I reall y would prefer to not dose nitrates but some how pull out the PO4 and not do water changes until the nitrates go up.

Everyone I have talked to about this just keeps telling me to feed heavy.

favites · Oct 31, 2016

add some fish, drop the chemipure and filter floss until your nitrates/po4 are measurable

what are is your lighting regiment?

KingBlingTX · Oct 31, 2016

If you've only had the frags a few weeks, they may be still going through an "adjustment" period from going from one tank (with its level of nutrients/lighting/flow) to yours.