Is this zooxanthellae or food waste?

[Stelioshah]

Hey guys, after finally finding some par-testing videos for my lights, I found out that I was most definitely running my lights way too low. I have been steadily trying to increase the intensity of the lights by 1-2% daily for the past 2 weeks. The lobo on the video below stays inflated all night long and mostly on early light hours. During the strong lighting hours though, it some times retracts and looks like the video below. I generally feed heavily, so, is this food waste or does the lobo expell zooxanthellae due to the increase in light intensity? I used to be running the lights even lower before, but the color of the lobo was turning a dull redish, after increasing the intensity though, it regained its green coloration. At the same time, a chalice frag opens its mouth more times during day hours than it used to do, but its coloration has gotten much brighter and my acan at last has some babies! Should I turn the lights down a bit and move up again but slower?

The guy on the video at 70% white 72% blues at the TOP of his scape in the mid point of the 3 leds had 160 par. The lobo on the video is sitting of the sand at 50% whites 90% blues (maximum lighting settings, ramping down to 40% whites 80% blues within 6 hours and then ramping down to moonlights within an hour) (my tank also seems to be about 1.5-2 times as deep as the tank in the video).

 

[Fish Think Pink]

Hey guys, after finally finding some par-testing videos for my lights, I found out that I was most definitely running my lights way too low. I have been steadily trying to increase the intensity of the lights by 1-2% daily for the past 2 weeks. The lobo on the video below stays inflated all night long and mostly on early light hours. During the strong lighting hours though, it some times retracts and looks like the video below. I generally feed heavily, so, is this food waste or does the lobo expell zooxanthellae due to the increase in light intensity? I used to be running the lights even lower before, but the color of the lobo was turning a dull redish, after increasing the intensity though, it regained its green coloration. At the same time, a chalice frag opens its mouth more times during day hours than it used to do, but its coloration has gotten much brighter and my acan at last has some babies! Should I turn the lights down a bit and move up again but slower?

The guy on the video at 70% white 72% blues at the TOP of his scape in the mid point of the 3 leds had 160 par. The lobo on the video is sitting of the sand at 50% whites 90% blues (maximum lighting settings, ramping down to 40% whites 80% blues within 6 hours and then ramping down to moonlights within an hour) (my tank also seems to be about 1.5-2 times as deep as the tank in the video).

Would not take lights back down only to later bring up... just let them at current setting for a while and see where things go.

Also wondering what you feed your lobo - mine likes pellets after dark when the fish can't steal them.

 

[Stelioshah]

Would not take lights back down only to later bring up... just let them at current setting for a while and see where things go.

Also wondering what you feed your lobo - mine likes pellets after dark when the fish can't steal them.

I am curently feeding FaunaMarine's lps color and growth pellets. My fish don't bother the corals, my fireshrimp is another story though. Here's it now, early this morning fully extended without its mouths wide open: