Hallucination Coloration

Tyreef2016 · Dec 7, 2016

djbetterly said:
If not I got totally screwed and completely misguided.

They are just faded. following to see if anyone has any ideas.

djbetterly · Dec 8, 2016

Well now that I know my nitrates are zero I know I can begin to feed them more and I'll look into dosing nitrates if need be.

twilliard · Dec 8, 2016

djbetterly said:
Well now that I know my nitrates are zero I know I can begin to feed them more and I'll look into dosing nitrates if need be.

Hey glad to see you around! Hope all is well

Yup that No3 needs a little kick

djbetterly · Dec 8, 2016

I have some spectracide at home, what are the mixing directions for doing that?

twilliard · Dec 8, 2016

https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/potassium-nitrate-spectracide-stump-remover-dosing-steps.215730/

ahiggins · Dec 8, 2016

Mine look like this:
I've had them for 2 weeks, its still a baby

Pola0502ds · Dec 8, 2016

djbetterly said:
Well now that I know my nitrates are zero I know I can begin to feed them more and I'll look into dosing nitrates if need be.

What exactly do you use to dose nitrates? I have been having issues with my nitrates being low and no matter how much I over feed I can't get them to come up. Same with Phosphates.

ahiggins · Dec 8, 2016

Pola0502ds said:
What exactly do you use to dose nitrates? I have been having issues with my nitrates being low and no matter how much I over feed I can't get them to come up. Same with Phosphates.

sometimes I wish I had this problem lol
mine constantly stay about 10...that tank, I cant keep acros/montis to save my life

twilliard · Dec 8, 2016

ahiggins said:
sometimes I wish I had this problem lol
mine constantly stay about 10...that tank, I cant keep acros/montis to save my life

Trust me you dont want the problem of low No3 and Po4. I have never figured out why my tank is like this, maybe the skimmer I have.

djbetterly · Dec 8, 2016

I discovered something interesting. For the longest time I had a full spectrum LED from BML on my fuge, it recently got wet and fried. Anyway, my chaeto would grow but I never saw a dramatic change in nitrates. Never thought much of it just figured my fuge was too small. Well after it fried I was looking for a new light and found another person on here who recommended the Mars Hydro. I've had it running for a few weeks and my nitrates have completely diminished. I find it interesting that one light made the chaeto grow while barely consuming nitrates while this new light, Mars Hydro, is making my chaeto grow and consuming nitrates.

Food for thought....

Pola0502ds · Dec 8, 2016

ahiggins said:
sometimes I wish I had this problem lol
mine constantly stay about 10...that tank, I cant keep acros/montis to save my life

Thats funny you say that, I can't either with my levels like that. I don't understand it. I put a monti frag in my tank weeks ago around 9pm one day, by 6pm it was completely dead. I can keep soft and lps. No sps. Something isn't adding up.

twilliard · Dec 8, 2016

The mars LED's are awesome plant growers

I love the fact that I can replace chips readily and cheap

twilliard · Dec 8, 2016

Pola0502ds said:
Thats funny you say that, I can't either with my levels like that. I don't understand it. I put a monti frag in my tank weeks ago around 9pm one day, by 6pm it was completely dead. I can keep soft and lps. No sps. Something isn't adding up.

Same here, I can grow out anything but SPS

ahiggins · Dec 8, 2016

Pola0502ds said:
Thats funny you say that, I can't either with my levels like that. I don't understand it. I put a monti frag in my tank weeks ago around 9pm one day, by 6pm it was completely dead. I can keep soft and lps. No sps. Something isn't adding up.

I totally understand! I run alk around 9-9.3 and nitrates at 10-15. I had a monti that died within 2 days. completely bleached and stuck up my house

I also had a green bali slimer do the same thing-that was my first $50 "expensive" frag haha

djbetterly · Dec 8, 2016

This is how I feel with the Mars in my sump

Tegridy Reef · Dec 8, 2016

All lights on no adjust

i put others zoa n pic to for comparison
Just blued thru orange film along time ago

also seems they darkened with maturity

Pola0502ds · Dec 8, 2016

That last pic is awesome!

djbetterly · Dec 9, 2016

dang @That guy those are incredible! Care to trade a polyp for a poly? haha...where did you buy it from?

joshporksandwich · Dec 9, 2016

In my opinion if they're alive and growing they're doing great. Hallucinations get more red in lower light but I would leave them right where they are.